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From: Alex Alexander <wired@g.o>
To: Gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFD: new global USE flag gtk3
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:06:30
Message-Id: CAMUzOajoKEw_V_JytGSHTu7-E23nTAWpatrMADra0o1JPNoOsg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFD: new global USE flag gtk3 by Peter Stuge
1 On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> wrote:
2
3 > Tom Wijsman wrote:
4 > > I'd say that if around 7 people vote on the matter that that is
5 > > based on a necessary amount of understanding.
6 >
7 > That is just incredibly naïve.
8 >
9 > [...]
10 >
11 > In history lessons you may have learned about majorities of populations
12 > supporting something the same individuals consider a pretty darn bad
13 > idea in hindsight, but which they were unable to decide on correctly
14 > at the time.
15 >
16 > You need to learn to respect what you don't know that you don't know.
17 >
18
19 You assume too much. Which is ironic, considering that you're calling us
20 naive.
21
22 We are not playing guessing games here.
23
24 Making a decision means that we have the proper knowledge on the matter at
25 hand. We can't guarantee that our decision will be correct, but we can
26 sleep at night knowing we did our best, with the best of intentions.
27
28 Cheers,
29 --
30 Alex Alexander
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