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Let's step back a minute, and consider *WHY* non-developers feel the |
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need to join this list in the first place. Do you remember the acrimony |
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after the decision to not officially support a separate /usr without |
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initramfs? A lot of people who complained on the Gentoo-User list were |
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bluntly told that the devs hadn't heard much objection, and that they |
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should've expressed their opinion on *THIS* list *BEFORE* the final |
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decision was made. This reminds me of a quote from The Hitchiker's Guide |
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To The Galaxy... |
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"But the plans were on display..." |
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"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them." |
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"That's the display department." |
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"With a flashlight." |
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"Ah, well, the lights had probably gone." |
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"So had the stairs." |
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"But look, you found the notice, didn't you?" |
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"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a |
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locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the |
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door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'." |
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I'd really rather not have to follow an additional list which includes |
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a lot of very technical items and patches that are over my head. But |
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after the separate /usr fiasco, I don't feel I have any choice. If we |
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could have a guarantee of proposed changes like that being posted on |
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Gentoo-User for comment, rather than being sprung on users by surprise, |
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I'd be willing to sign off this list. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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