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On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 04:08 -0700, Duncan wrote: |
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> Patrick Lauer posted <1136238763.23404.171.camel@localhost>, excerpted |
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> below, on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:52:43 +0100: |
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> Lance Albertson wrote: |
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> >> When I say "we have a niche we're perfect at", |
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> >> I'm mainly referring to the source-based nature of our OS. There isn't |
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> >> another distro out there that does it as well as us and we should |
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> >> improve on that fact. Let the other distros get better at being |
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> >> binary-based. |
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> > Why would one prevent the other from happening? |
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> > Maybe someone finds an elegant way for "Binary Gentoo" ... should we |
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> > stop that person because it conflicts with a weird mission statement? |
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> I believe that's where the differing opinions begin to come in. Here's |
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> mine. I don't believe that Gentoo, /as/ /Gentoo/, will ever be very |
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> successful as an Enterprise distribution, and I don't think that it can |
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> every be very successful as a binary distribution, either. The things |
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> that make us, that is Gentoo, unique, and the best in our area, by |
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> definition are the /same/ sort of things that make a relatively poor |
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> enterprise or binary distribution. |
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I completely agree with you here. What Gentoo does is make a |
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meta-distribution, that one can utilize to build their own distribution |
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easily. This isn't limited to Linux, either, thanks to Gentoo/Alt. |
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I think that any single direction that we shoot towards will cause |
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friction internally and will reduce productivity, along with leaving |
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certain projects out. We're simply moving in too many directions to |
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have a single direction. |
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The biggest concern that I see here is a lack of communications, really. |
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We don't need direction. We just need some way for people to know who's |
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going where. I think Koon's "MetaBug" project would be an excellent |
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idea to assist in this. We need a body with some teeth to get things |
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done in a timely manner. We also need enforcement of some sort to |
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ensure projects are active and reporting information on their status. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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