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Duncan wrote: |
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> Not to sound harsh, but... |
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[snip the "we're just volanteers" argument] |
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All F/OSS projects (even Linux with its numerous corporate sponsors) |
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are, at their core, volanteer projects. Yet the good ones still manage |
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to build peer review into their development process. |
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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. 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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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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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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