Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January

[Dan Meltzer]

Here are my random two cents

On 1/5/06, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 19:57 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 03:58:57AM +0000, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 01:17:06PM -0500 or thereabouts, Chris Gianelloni
> > > wrote:
> > > > Gentoo is not a distribution of Linux.  Gentoo is not anything more than
> > > > a loosely bound group of developers all doing their own thing in a
> > > > collaborative and collective manner.  You cannot use corporate thinking
> > > > to manage such a beast.  We don't have mission statements.  We don't have
> > > > road maps.  We don't have quarterly earnings and market projections.  We
> > > > simply exist.
> > >
> > > Which is why Gentoo has jumped the shark and is now on a long, slow
> > > decline.
> >
> > Ok, then what should Gentoo do to fix this percieved decline?
>
> Pander to the "enterprise" crowd, of course.  You know, take away all of
> the stuff that makes Gentoo what it is and slow down development with
> more committees, peer review boards, and meetings.  We need to all take
> a step back and make sure that we're all a part of the "big picture" for
> Gentoo.  You know, subscribe to the group think.
>
> Personally, I *love* the fact that the Hardened team has differing goals
> from Release Engineering.  I also don't see how our goals could ever
> really be guided by a single vision.  That doesn't keep us from working
> together to each accomplish our individual goals.
>

Apparently it does.  How many huge threads have you seen lately that
accomplished nothing?  How many threads have people started with great
ideas, only to give up in disgust because people cause a huge fuss
about small details, and nothing ever gets accomplished?  Quite a few.

> > > > Do you want to be a part of a project that doesn't allow you to
> > > > implement some cool new feature because it might make Gentoo slightly
> > > > harder to use for some people and that's against the mission statement
> > > > so not allowed?
> > >
> > > Yes, absolutely.
> >
> > We need a mission statement first :)
>
> Our mission: To seek out new life and civilization, and to bring Gentoo
> to them, by force, if necessary.  *grin*
>
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> Chris Gianelloni
> Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
> x86 Architecture Team
> Games - Developer
> Gentoo Linux
>
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