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On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 10:44:58PM -0400, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:28:31 +1000 |
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> Sam Jorna <wraeth@g.o> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > Wouldn't it make more sense to make Gentoo *more* attractive to run in |
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> > corporate environments, rather than simply saying "We're not RHEL so |
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> > why bother"? |
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> No disagreement. That has always been my interest. Though has not been |
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> others. It was in part why I became a trustee. For things like vendor |
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> certified hardware, looking into certifications, events, and a whole |
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> lot more. But people rather lambast, insult, and stand in the way rather |
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> than either get out of the way or work with me. |
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> It surely could happen without me but has not. I am definitely not |
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> against such happening. But it would require tremendous change and |
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> leadership. Which I do not see ever changing. I wish things were |
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> otherwise. |
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> > People do use Gentoo in production environments, both personally and |
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> > professionally, even if it is those that have more investment in doing |
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> > so than the average IT Joe. By removing stable, we would be reducing |
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> > the potential arguments for the few who do want to use Gentoo in that |
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> > sort of environment. We would be becoming more of a niche distro. |
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> Preaching to the choir. That is not why companies I know who ran Gentoo |
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> are leaving or left. One told me they did not want to be in the |
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> operating system business. Stable or not, there are fewer companies |
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> running Gentoo that were before. Due to other reasons that are not |
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> changing, culture, etc. |
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> Companies that run it today I doubt would change if stable went away. |
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> If they left Gentoo, they have many reasons far beyond lack of a stable |
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> branch/tree. |
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> > "Hey, lets try Gentoo - it's really configurable." |
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> > "What's their stable policy? How often does it break?" |
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> > "Stable? What's that?" |
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> How about no foundation. Not even a legal entity. No certifications |
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> from vendors, nor for employees. No one to hire for official support. |
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> There are so many things far beyond anything having to do with a stable |
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> tree or not. |
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Sorry, I thought this thread was about whether to keep or discontinue |
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the separation between stable and testing branches. |
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Sam Jorna (wraeth) |
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