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> I understand you don't care about how many users you have, Gentoo is not a |
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> bussiness. But if I try to convince users about the current situation that |
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> is hard. I can't explain this, I really can't. My only answer is "put it |
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> in /etc/portage/package.keywords". But that one is growing very fast... |
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> One nice thing for users would be the addition of more metabugs for recent |
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> packages. I'd like to know why some packages are not stable, and I am not |
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> the only one. Adding a metabug instead of closing all requests for |
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> stabilization with wontfix/wontresolve is much more userfriendly. |
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I read and see that your intentions are good. |
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The KDE team is currently made of about 3 semi active people. Our speed |
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is simply limited by the amount of time and resources we have to put into |
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maintenance. I won't argue stability and ~keywords and whatnot, as it's |
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somewhat of a matter of opinion and interpretation. |
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But I will say this: if anyone feels as though something has stalled or |
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wants some explanation as to why the distribution isn't moving in a |
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certain direction, then your message should be tagged with the following |
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words: |
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"How can I help?" |
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Get involved. It's the only way you will truly understand the magnitude |
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of a project like Gentoo. KDE is a very small slice of the whole thing, |
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and yet it still requires a LOT of time. We're always looking for help. |
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If you need a place to start, pick out a bug report and try and fix it. |
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You might spend 3-4 hours chasing the answer. 3-4 hours. Can you imagine |
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sitting in front of your computer for 3-4 hours to solve a problem for |
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someone you don't know for no compensation? And you may never even figure |
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it out! |
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So let's rephrase "why doesn't Gentoo have ZZZ" into "how can I help |
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Gentoo have ZZZ?". Become empowered. That's what will keep the |
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distribution great. |
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Caleb |
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My guess is that KDE 3.5.2 is probably ready for stabilization, but nobody |
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has the time to do it at the moment. That's purely a guess, though. Feel |
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free to open a stabilization tracker bug for it so we do have a place to |
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discuss it. |
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