Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo part II.

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On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:08:01PM -0400, John Davis wrote:
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> Apparently, you did not read my last paragraph that asked for
> *intellectual* discussion, and not a flame war.

No flaming intended.  As it happens, I read your last paragraph very
carefully, hoping to see a big "April Fool!" at the end.

Sorry if my style offended you, but I wasn't aware that "intellectual"
meant "oblivious to satire."  So let me be direct:

The stuff you're proposing is what's killing Debian, and steered me away
from it in the first place.  I suspect I'm not the only one.

Here are some serious, intellectual questions (note the scholarly
Roman numerals):

I. Wouldn't developer's time be better spent _developing_ instead of reading
minutes, making motions, and voting?

II. Wouldn't users's time be better spent _using_ Gentoo to get some actual
work done instead of reading proposed amendments and lobbying for new
rules?

As a user and potential developer, I certainly don't have time for that
kind of shit.  If I want politics, I'll watch C-SPAN or run for city
council.

> I am not going to flame with you, grow up, learn to be proactive.

Good, I hate flamewars.

If by "grow up", you mean, "saddle myself and others with lots of
arbitrary rules in lieu of doing useful work", then no thanks.

And here I thought I was being proactive.  Or should I wait until the first
Gentoo Continental Congress and submit my concerns as a rider to an
appropriations bill?  Shoot, I'm satirising again, aren't I?

Seriously, I don't doubt your good intentions, but IMO, you're taking
Gentoo way _too_ seriously.  Gentoo is fun and useful.  Rules and politics
can only make it less so.

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