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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFD: new global USE flag gtk3
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 01:07:35
Message-Id: 20140224020656.23d4e256@TOMWIJ-GENTOO
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFD: new global USE flag gtk3 by Peter Stuge
1 On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 01:59:36 +0100
2 Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> wrote:
3
4 > Tom Wijsman wrote:
5 > > > > I'd say that if around 7 people vote on the matter that that is
6 > > > > based on a necessary amount of understanding.
7 > > >
8 > > > That is just incredibly naïve.
9 > ..
10 > > > You need to learn to respect what you don't know that you don't
11 > > > know.
12 > >
13 > > Or you apply knowledge codification and mark it as experimental.
14 >
15 > No, that's what you *know* that you don't know.
16
17 Exactly, which effectively keeps us away from unknown unknowns; by
18 turning them into efficient known knowns. This is how risk prevention
19 works, which makes the person whom does risk analysis see a sunny day.
20
21 --
22 With kind regards,
23
24 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
25 Gentoo Developer
26
27 E-mail address : TomWij@g.o
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