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On 9/21/06, Wernfried Haas <amne@g.o> wrote: |
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> Please keep in mind that only a few of the approximately 300 Gentoo |
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> developers are taking part in this discussion and only a few of them |
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> actually seem to get a bit more heated than it should be. |
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> If you think they are behaving poorly, feel free to think so, but |
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> remember that they do not entirely represent Gentoo. |
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I agree entirely, however I also think that the actions of a few can |
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be magnified in the public's eye and reflect upon a the whole group. |
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I think that many (most?) people would agree that in both this |
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discussion and the one surrounding the Sunrise project lines have been |
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crossed. The Etiquette Policy [1] specifies that "... as a developer, |
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what you say and do reflects upon Gentoo and the project as a whole. |
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We just require you to be equally respectful to developers and users |
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alike, and to value the opinion of everybody - even if you think it's |
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totally wrong." |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=3&chap=2 |
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What control mechanisms are there within the Gentoo community to keep |
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a few bad apples from spoiling the whole barrel, as it were? I do not |
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wish to name any names, but it seems to me from having skimmed this |
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list for the past few years that there are a couple people who are |
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continually embroiled in flame wars and, in my opinion, are bringing |
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discredit to Gentoo in general and the developers in particular. |
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