Re: [gentoo-dev] Upcoming posting restrictions on the gentoo-dev mailing list

[Michał Górny]

W dniu śro, 10.01.2018 o godzinie 18∶16 +0100, użytkownik Vincent-Xavier 
JUMEL napisał:
> Le 2018-01-10 10:53, Michał Górny a écrit :
> > Last I checked, Gentoo was a Linux distribution. However, some people
> > prefer to turn it into open discussion forum that has nothing to do
> > with
> > making a distribution.
> >
>
> No it has. Giving power to a subset of users, denying interaction with
> future contributors unless they enroll is the eaxct way to kill Gentoo
> as a community !

Nobody's denying interaction with future contributors. We're just
closing one of discussion forum that doesn't work for us.

> > And if you are curious, then I've been asked by multiple developers
> > (and a few users) requesting the restriction, and I haven't been
> > contacted by a single one who asked otherwise.
>
> People have voiced against this proposals before. So you want to protect
> some developper instead of getting an open community.

Yes, if I have to choose between:

a. a developer, a person who I know is spending a significant effort
making Gentoo a better distribution, and

b. an 'open community' which focuses around a few vocal users whose only
'contribution' so far were negative and/or insulting mailing list posts
towards Gentoo developers,

then I'm sorry but I'm going to go for protecting the developer. Because
in the end, our users benefit from working distribution more than from
having a discussion forum where they can complain that the distribution
does not work and debate which of the developers they blame for it.

> As I've already said, Gentoo community is taking (and part is because of
> lack of user consideration) a very bad direction.
>
> I might want to spread the word that Gentoo is not anymore a welcoming
> community for people who want to delve inside GNU/Linux and easily
> understant how is build a complete OS.
>

Thank you for proving our point.


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Best regards,
Michał Górny