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On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 01:04 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:52 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> > However that was really a band aid, temporary solution. The Foundation |
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> > really needs to have officers, and a much larger board, like the |
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> > articles state. With officers doing the work, and board members |
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> > providing oversight, direction, review, etc. The Foundation members |
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> > elect a board, and the board choses officers. Though could let members |
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> > vote for officers just the same. |
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> i think all it really comes down to is that people simply arent |
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> interested. they're happy/content with focusing on the technical. |
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Agreed |
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> all the rest is viewed as a chore simply required for legal reasons. |
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> we dont have people driving a "vision" or "goal" for Gentoo because it |
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> simply isnt fun. |
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Thats very short sighted because lots of hardware vendors have toys that |
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would be fun to play with. However typically only RH and others get to |
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play with those toys due to having relationships with vendors that |
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Gentoo does not have. |
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That said Gentoo is all over GSoC, and Gentoo could be funding its own |
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development just the same. Or doing things like Debian with Debconf. |
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There is much more fun to be had, and way less drama with a proper |
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structure. Not to mention Gentoo can start to live up to its potential. |
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> so you can outline all different types of structures, but in the end |
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> if the general developer community doesnt care, we'll simply end up |
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> right where we started. |
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Which is why I never wasted time drafting up such controversial |
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proposals, that no one would care about other than to flame. Its pretty |
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clear that no one has really cared since Daniel left and thats rather |
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sad. Hopefully that will change, but despite me being an optimist, I am |
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rather pessimistic it will change. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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Obsidian-Studios, Inc. |
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http://www.obsidian-studios.com |