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Jesús Guerrero wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> This is a request for comments on a new project, |
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> namely "Gentoo Support Everywhere". |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gse/ |
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> The web page doesn't really explain all the background |
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> needed to understand why would anyone want to start such |
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> a project. However this forum thread might be more |
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> clarifying: |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-762914.html |
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> The initial aim is to provide some support to these lost souls |
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> that wander around the LQ forums, and to create a Gentoo |
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> subforum at LQ like many other distros do. However, eventually |
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> the support might be extended to other places if there's a |
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> need and enough human power to do so. |
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You are of course free to put in work wherever you want to. This is |
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Gentoo. We're all about picking an itch and scratching it. I won't tell |
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you where to put your time or where not to put your time. |
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However, for the purposes of an actual project, I believe it's |
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considered essential that we own the infrastructure that project is |
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hosted on. All of our other projects (to my knowledge) are hosted on our |
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own infrastructure. |
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If we cannot properly administer a Gentoo resource, i.e. if we have to |
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go through unaffiliated intermediaries, then it should not be an |
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official Gentoo project. I don't believe having a spot in /proj/ |
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designates a project as "official"; I think the actual working area |
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needs to be Gentoo-owned. |
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That being said, you and others are free to do the whole LQ and other |
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forums help; more power to you. But as I said, I don't think it should |
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be an official TLP (or subproject) as we do not have proper supervision |
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of external resources. |
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