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Jesús Guerrero wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> This is a request for comments on a new project, |
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> namely "Gentoo Support Everywhere". |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gse/ |
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> The web page doesn't really explain all the background |
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> needed to understand why would anyone want to start such |
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> a project. However this forum thread might be more |
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> clarifying: |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-762914.html |
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> The initial aim is to provide some support to these lost souls |
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> that wander around the LQ forums, and to create a Gentoo |
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> subforum at LQ like many other distros do. However, eventually |
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> the support might be extended to other places if there's a |
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> need and enough human power to do so. |
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> Comments welcome, and thanks for reading. |
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After reading everything so far, basically as far as I can see this |
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project exists solely to provide a capacity for an "official" presence |
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on LinuxQuestions (and perhaps other sites later). Of the current |
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membership it appears to be taking up no time. |
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However, is an entire standalone project for this necessary? Could this |
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not just be coordinated as a task of userrel (or perhaps forum |
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moderators, as suggested earlier)? What purpose does having a standalone |
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project have over doing this within an existing project? |
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Specifically in relation to the LQ sub-forum, will the members of the |
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project be moderating that sub-forum? Or is their task purely to help |
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there and moderation is left to the LQ moderators? |
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How will you ensure that an official presence is maintained in the long |
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run? While it's all well and good to say that the current members are |
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spending their time there anyway, but what happens in 3+ years time when |
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they move on. As I see it Gentoo is left with a (semi-)official |
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sub-forum that it created but no longer supports - How will this reflect |
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on Gentoo as a whole? |
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Will you be intending to recruit some sort of "official helpers" (who |
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are probably already active on these forums)? Would they become members |
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of the project (and thus Gentoo Staffers/Developers)? What privileges |
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would these project members have within the Gentoo Development sphere? |
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AllenJB |
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