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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Getting the general dev opinion ("Meinungsbild") on some feature
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:16:48
Message-Id: pan.2013.01.20.17.16.15@cox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Getting the general dev opinion ("Meinungsbild") on some feature by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 Andreas K. Huettel posted on Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:52:40 +0100 as excerpted:
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4 >> *the thing with USE flags is a big change.
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6 > You're kidding, right?
7 >
8 > If we seriously start doing that, we'll either get slapped with "dont
9 > bother us with that" by the council members, or nobody wants to run for
10 > council anymore.
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12 Additionally, the council has historically been somewhat like the US
13 Supreme Court -- they like to have their discussion and to make the final
14 decision, but the case itself is supposed to have actually been argued
15 and all the basic issues covered at the trial-court level (which for us
16 is the list).
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18 Which would put us back where we started, since that pre-council-decision
19 discussion would happen... on the list.
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23 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
24 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman