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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:27:58 -0400 Joshua Brindle <method@g.o> |
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| > No more flaming? erm. |
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| > I'd better stop showing up on freenode I think. You'll find me on |
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| > jabber/ICQ in case you want me in a nonregulated environment. |
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| Perhaps it's time for us less socially desirable devs to stand up to |
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| the devrel regime and show them who's boss ;) |
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Well, you could, but the devrel self-granted powers list suggests that |
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you won't get very far: |
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* The ability to arbitrarily suspend or remove developers (without |
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providing notice or reason to the people who actually work with the |
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developer in question). |
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* The ability to decide to change the mentor for a new developer without |
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even bothering to tell the original mentor, let alone providing a reason |
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to the people involved. |
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and the latest: |
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* The ability to impose arbitrary restrictions upon what developers are |
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and are not allowed to say on IRC and the mailing lists. |
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I'm sure devrel aren't actively out to set themselves up as the new |
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spanish inquisition. However, it seems I'm not the only one that's |
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noticed them moving from a "helping developers" role to "policing |
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developers" instead, and I'd like to know what devrel's stance on this |
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is. Come to think of it, I remember a certain former manager bringing |
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this exact point up shortly before he left. |
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-- |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Sparc, MIPS, Vim, Fluxbox) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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