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Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> posted 1156678084l.9833l.0l@spike, |
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excerpted below, on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:28:04 +0100: |
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> I think the problem(s) stem from the way Gentoo is organised now. I'm |
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> sure you will shoot me down if I'm wrong. In summary. Gentoo is a loose |
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> knit group of packages with individuals belonging to one or more of the |
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> herds that maintain them. The herd/team leads are supposed to 'get |
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> along' but on occasions, this doesn't happen. Above them is the |
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> council. |
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> If that's wrong, stop reading here. |
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There are (as usual) details, but from my read, that's pretty close. |
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> Lets define Management - its a process of planning, communicating the |
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> plan, getting buy in from the team(s) who will execute the plan, |
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> gathering feedback on progress and replanning. It looks cyclic but its |
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> really a set of concurrent activities. Google PRINCE2 for the details. |
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> At the top level, the council, in its present form does not manage |
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> Gentoo. It can't, it's pretty much disempowered as a management |
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> organisation due to the rules for its agenda setting. |
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An acutely accurate observation, AFAICT. |
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> If the council are to undertake the management of Gentoo, its terms of |
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> reference need to be drastically altered to allow them to undertake the |
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> management process defined above. |
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> In short, Gentoo has a top level power vacuum, allowing what amounts to |
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> the 'power struggle 'we see today. |
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This is the best reading of the situation I've seen, IMO. Good work! |
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Whether changing the rules to allow the council to manage appropriately is |
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politically doable or not remains an open question, and I'm not even sure |
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I'd back it myself if it is possible, but that's the best description of |
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where we are at that I've seen, which means we've gone along |
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way toward accomplishing the first step in any good debate, a proper |
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definition of the issue. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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