1 |
I joined this list mostly to talk about the proposed code of conduct. |
2 |
Let me state the context up front: |
3 |
|
4 |
1. Some of you know I am a loyal Gentoo user. I run three |
5 |
"testing-level" (pure ~x86 with an occasional local package mask when |
6 |
something croaks) systems, I beta-test stuff I'm interested in, etc. I'd |
7 |
volunteer as a developer if I had the time to do more than test stuff |
8 |
and all that. Maybe when I retire from my day job. :) |
9 |
|
10 |
2. I don't have any visibility into what exactly is going on in the |
11 |
developer portion of the Gentoo community. But I can emphatically state |
12 |
that it *doesn't* seem to be showing up as a reduction in quality of |
13 |
what's coming onto my systems when I emerge a package! I don't run |
14 |
anything else, like Ubuntu, Fedora, openSuSE or Debian, so I can't |
15 |
compare Gentoo with the others. |
16 |
|
17 |
3. I *have* read the dire comments on Distrowatch, but not much of the |
18 |
auxiliary blogging. I don't visit the IRC channels and I don't in |
19 |
general inhabit the forums. I am on quite a few of the mailing lists |
20 |
and, given that I run ~x86, a frequent visitor to Bugzilla. If the dire |
21 |
predictions are true -- if Gentoo dies -- most likely I will switch to |
22 |
rPath/Conary and build my own distro, rather than leaping on the Fedora, |
23 |
openSuSE, or Ubuntu/Debian bandwagon. |
24 |
|
25 |
On to the code of conduct. My belief is that it's entirely too weak! I'd |
26 |
prefer a strict "no asshole" code. Screw up once -- get a stern |
27 |
reprimand and a 30-day suspension of all privileges. Screw up twice and |
28 |
it's bye-bye forever! I think there are something like hundreds of |
29 |
thousands of talented open source developers out there, ranging in age |
30 |
from maybe 13 to mid-70s or maybe even higher. There are many more of |
31 |
"us" than there are positions on *all* of the major community open |
32 |
source projects -- Linux itself, GNU, Apache, Gentoo, Debian, Perl, |
33 |
Python, Ruby, etc. Gentoo can afford to be choosy. I personally think |
34 |
Gentoo can't afford *not* to be choosy, given that it has little (if |
35 |
any) corporate support. |
36 |
|
37 |
Finally, let me add that I've never personally experienced what I would |
38 |
consider unacceptable treatment from a Gentoo community member, |
39 |
developer, user, interested bystander, etc. Perhaps if I had, it would |
40 |
change my views. But, as the saying goes, "where there's smoke, there's |
41 |
fire," and I'd prefer not to inhale the smoke. :) |
42 |
|
43 |
-- |
44 |
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P) |
45 |
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/ |
46 |
|
47 |
If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire. |
48 |
|
49 |
-- |
50 |
gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |