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I'm wondering what exactly is the harm in letting developers idle for a |
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while? While they might not be actively committing they are still |
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knowledgeable people that are just as capable as everyone else to push in a |
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fix for small packages. There's lots of bugs in bugzilla with items that |
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just need someone active to commit them. There's even a lot of these items |
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are filed by retired Gentoo developers who could have easily pushed this fix |
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for all users. The fact that someone only does one commit a year does not |
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marginalize their contribution. While it may be small it is improving the |
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overall quality of the distro. I'm constantly seeing developers getting |
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upset over getting pushed out. |
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What we really need is not a smaller, leaner development force. But a |
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leadership team that's smaller and more effective and willing to take charge |
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to get something done. I'm hoping that we can get away from the 6 month GLEP |
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process and towards something more streamlined. |
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Doug Goldstein |
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