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Stuart, |
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I like the idea of overlays but your email here is completely bogus. |
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Ciaran just explained why overlays are a Gentoo problem, rebutting |
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Jakub's assertion that there's no need for policies. I don't see any |
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agenda here, so either you're pulling in external context, or you're |
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reading into it. |
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Aron |
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Stuart Herbert wrote: [Fri Mar 24 2006, 03:59:54AM EST] |
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> > It is a Gentoo problem, because Gentoo gets innundated with bogus bug |
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> > reports when users screw up their systems in weird ways and don't |
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> > realise the cause. |
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> Convince me that this is something more than just a power play, and |
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> I'll work with you. But that's the hurdle you'll need to overcome |
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> first. |
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> Second hurdle is that you need to convince me that you "get" what the |
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> overlays are there for. If you can't, then I can have no confidence |
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> that any policies you bring forward are appropriate for the work we're |
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> trying to enable. |
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> Thrid hurdle is that you need to convince me that you're capable of |
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> treating the overlays differently to how the main tree is treated. If |
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> you can't, then I'll feel that you hoodwinked me at the second hurdle. |
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> I'm sure you've got a lot to offer, to help make the overlays a |
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> success. But your agenda has to be appropriate - otherwise you'll |
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> just do more damage that good. |
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