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On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:08:05 +0200 |
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Angelo Arrifano <miknix@g.o> wrote: |
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> That choice can be to join the Gentoo community, or leave it. |
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The choice can be to use Gentoo, or not use Gentoo. |
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If using Gentoo means being required to use bugzilla, the mailing |
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lists, forums and IRC, then Gentoo has huge scalability problems. |
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Providing one on one support takes an awful lot of manpower; the goal |
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should be to improve the distribution so that most people don't |
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encounter many bugs and can get all the support they need from the |
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documentation. |
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Thus things like GLEP 42 news items: they're a way of avoiding having |
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thousands of users running to get support because they don't know what |
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to do when a large change happens. If you think the community's the |
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important part, you'd do the opposite: you'd not provide upfront |
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instructions, and would instead see big changes as an opportunity to |
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persuade more users to participate in the community by trying to help |
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each other. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |