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Daniel, |
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On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 12:12 -0700, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> What is relevant to post here is that I thank Grant et al for |
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> clarifying whether I was a valid nominee, and I did seriously consider |
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> the offer, but ultimately decided that to what I think is necessary |
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> would require fundamental changes to the way the Gentoo project is |
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> structured which would have been very disruptive and difficult to make |
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> even as a trustee, and it's not clear that I would have the ability to |
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> make these changes as a trustee even if I were elected due to the |
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> current structure of the project that I would have been required to |
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> work within. |
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Is it not worth it to you to try? Worse case you are limited and can't |
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do what you like. But more than likely it's not all or nothing either |
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way. |
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> I also don't really feel comfortable with the concept of developers |
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> voting to make decisions like this for the project. It doesn't seem to |
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> yield good results or be a positive use of time, and I don't really |
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> think the underlying concept is sound. |
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Not to be argumentative or confrontational. But out of curiosity as I |
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was not around the. Weren't you a participant in creating the structure |
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we have now? Creation of the foundation, board of trustees, election |
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process, etc. |
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> So by accepting the nomination |
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> I would be participating and thus supporting a system that I |
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> fundamentally don't agree with, and I can't see that as being a good |
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> thing. At the very least, it doesn't sit well with me. |
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Usually pretty hard to change anything externally. Usually much easier |
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to make changes from within. If major, then broken down in to smaller |
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baby steps. Change usually requires leadership, and if not in a position |
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to lead. Makes any changes much more difficult to see through. IMHO |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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Gentoo/amd64/Java |