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On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 19:42 -0400, Nathan L. Adams wrote: |
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[snip] |
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> What I see with Gentoo is this 'cathedral' being built where only those |
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> folks who have been 'approved' or 'blessed' as being l33t enough are |
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> allowed to review the code and actually cause a positive change when |
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> some bug is found. |
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So you want to give every user who asks for it full CVS access? |
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Uhm ... |
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> If you believe Chris Gianelloni's argument, then only |
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> those blessed developers who are also blessed by a particular group |
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> within Gentoo are allowed. Eventually the meritocracy degrades into a |
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> popularity contest. |
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Nonsense. |
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Every person that shows dedication and some basic skills can become |
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developer |
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If you want to argue for the fun of it, go debian yourself ;-) |
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> What I want is for Gentoo to be more of a 'bazaar' where anyone with a |
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> good idea gets listened to and anyone with a good patch gets their name |
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> in the credits |
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Isn't that already what is done? |
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Every good patch/bugfix will be assimilated if it does something useful |
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in an understandable way ... |
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> Yes this is a volanteer distribution. That's a blessing, not a curse! |
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> That means that you DON'T HAVE DEADLINES. You can take the time to do it |
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> right instead of just 'code it up, test it once, and pray it really works'. |
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Yes, so please shut up and let us do our thing ;-) |
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wkr, |
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Patrick |
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Stand still, and let the rest of the universe move |
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