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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council discuss: overlapping council terms of two years
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:11:10
Message-Id: 20110809141051.GD25611@comet.mayo.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Council discuss: overlapping council terms of two years by Fabian Groffen
1 On 15:44 Fri 05 Aug , Fabian Groffen wrote:
2 > On 05-08-2011 14:17:29 +0100, Markos Chandras wrote:
3 > > I am still not convinced that a committee of 7 people is flexible
4 > > enough to push radical changes.
5 >
6 > Perhaps I misunderstand you here, but I don't think making radical
7 > changes is good, that's what 7 people balance out. Radical changes
8 > have been made to important parts of Gentoo like e.g. Python, and this
9 > didn't really result in a major improvement, IMO.
10
11 And isn't it sad that's the only radical change that comes to mind? No
12 risk, no reward, but not everything you try will succeed.
13
14 --
15 Thanks,
16 Donnie
17
18 Donnie Berkholz
19 Council Member / Sr. Developer
20 Gentoo Linux
21 Blog: http://dberkholz.com