Re: [gentoo-dev] Stuff that makes people mad

[Jason Stubbs]

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On Saturday 22 May 2004 00:39, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> The idea that every package needs a maintainer has little to do with
> Debian, and more to do with the fact that having accountability in one's
> actions tends to leave people more honest.  It also tends to improve
> quality, since the person who added the ebuild will be held accountable
> for what the ebuild does to a user's system.  The solution to the
> "single developer" problem is the Gentoo herd system.  There are usually
> multiple developers responsible for a single ebuild/set of ebuilds,
> rather than a single person.

Well said.

> Once again, active participation helps much more with Gentoo than any
> amount of talk.  When users ask, we listen.  The more users that request
> something, the greater the chances of us doing it.  It all boils down to
> there being only a limited number of developers and a limited number of
> hours in the day.  We have to prioritize.  A flaw in kde-libs is
> probably going to get higher priority than an ebuild for a new
> lm-sensors front-end for XFCE, simply due to the numbers affected.

And those reading the above, remember that it is still volunteer work. The 
reason that whatever gets higher priority is due to the pride that each 
developer takes in their work. Something to think about...

Regards,
Jason Stubbs
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