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On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 21:46, C. Brewer wrote: |
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> Is it just me, or does any one else get the feeling that something's gone |
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> wrong with this distro? Lately it seems devs just do what the heck they want, |
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> and the only time anyone notices is if someone is polite to give everyone a |
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> heads-up first. This used to be community development, but had gone to thug |
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> development. If we can't get features we ask for, let's just screw it then |
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> and drop all the use flags. Hell, lets get crazy and impose developer term |
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> limits, that way the jaded devs can be recycled and the fresh blood will |
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> keep the momentum going. And since we're all gonna have huge overlays, cut |
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> back to about 20 devs, that ought to do it, since we'll leave the real work |
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> to the end-user. |
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> If you thought all the above was sheer insanity, it doesn't sound too far off |
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> the crap on this ml, or some of the crap on bugzilla::::( |
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While we're at it, why don't we dissolve all governments and stop using |
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money. Anarchy and the barter system are just so much better. After |
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all, it is the *government* that keeps me from making my own money! |
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Now, let's get back to this little place we like to call reality. There |
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yet? Good. |
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All of us Gentoo developers are volunteers. We do this for fun. We do |
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this unpaid, in our spare time. We all have lives other than Gentoo. |
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Sometimes, a feature simply cannot be done in the amount of time that |
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the people requesting it want it done in. Sometimes the feature being |
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requested simply doesn't have enough demand or enough merit to be |
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included. Sometimes a feature doesn't get included simply because the |
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developer maintaining the package simply doesn't have the time nor the |
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expertise to implement the requested feature. |
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Being a complete pain about something does no good to serve Gentoo or |
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yourself. In the end, all you end up doing is looking like how you're |
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acting. If you want a feature added, send patches. If the developer |
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refuses to implement the feature, get more support. Contact devrel. |
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Contact the ombudsman. Follow procedure and you're much more likely to |
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get what you want than sending obviously inflamatory messages to a |
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mailing list. Your original email is nothing more than you trying to |
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start trouble. Think about this. Take an hour to sit back and realize |
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that this is only software. It isn't like we're murdering baby seals |
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with a pitchfork by not implementing your feature. |
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I tend to agree with both sides of the argument on certain valid points |
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each has. Just remember that this is something we do for fun. |
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Sometimes we get a bit too heated on what we feel about this great big |
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mess of stuff we call Gentoo, but in the end, it's just a bunch of ones |
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and zeros stored magnetically on a platter or two. It really has no |
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bearing on the essentials of life. |
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Think about that before raising your blood pressure even more over |
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something that really isn't that important in the grand scheme of |
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things. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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