Re: [gentoo-nfp] Daniel Robbins Controversy Unfairly Reported in GMN

[Richard Freeman]

James Laslavic wrote:
>
> There has yet to be any polling to indicate what percentage of
> affiliated, official developers oppose the proposal.

I think that this is in part due to the fact that discussions are still 
ongoing.  I think that most devs are potentially interested in working 
with Daniel but are trying to work with him to determine what will work 
for everyone.  Efforts also took time to determine the legal status of 
the foundation, which is obviously a pre-req to trying to make a 
decision.  Most devs seemed to be in favor of delaying any kind of 
official polls until the options were a little more clear.  If the only 
options were the status-quo and Daniel's proposal exactly as written I 
suspect that if forced to vote most devs would pick the former, while 
not being entirely satisfied with that dichotomy.

In any case, progress is being made on all fronts - the legal situation 
is being resolved, efforts are under way to bolster PR and find 
constructive ways to involve users more in the distro, and various 
suggestions have been discussed regarding ways that Daniel could get 
involved - some on this list and some with Daniel.

What exactly would be the point of a developer's poll at this point?  At 
this point the polling options still hinge on what Daniel would be 
willing to accept in terms of his getting involved again.

As far as to whether the goal of GMN is to communicate the thinking of 
the Gentoo staff to the community or to communicate the thinking of the 
community in general to everybody - I think that is a valid item for 
discussion.  It probably wouldn't hurt to capture the sense of the 
various perspectives in a newsletter like this.  It probably wouldn't 
belong in the Planet Gentoo section - since Planet Gentoo is populated 
from staff blogs.

I think it is safe to say that most devs are interested in making users 
happy.  And I think that devs are willing to work with Daniel if that is 
likely to make users happy.  The main issue at the moment is trying to 
determine whether an arrangement can be worked out that everybody can 
live with.  There is a lot of question over whether Daniel's involvement 
will really make users happy in the long term (obviously there would be 
cheering in the streets for the first three months - but then what?). 
There is also a lot of question over whether Daniel's involvement will 
make the devs happy in either the short or long term - obviously a 
partnership won't work if the devs can't accept it.
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