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On 18-04-09 20:36:13, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> On 09/04/2018 18:56, Matthew Thode wrote: |
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> > On 18-04-09 10:23:53, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> >> Am Montag, 9. April 2018, 02:11:19 CEST schrieb zlg: |
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> >>>> We request that the Gentoo Council and the Board of Trustees of the |
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> >>>> Gentoo |
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> >>>> Foundation affirm Gentoo's metastructure GLEP 39 as the governing |
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> >>>> principle |
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> >>>> of the Gentoo Linux developer community. In particular, both acknowledge |
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> >>>> the split between |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> - the Gentoo Council, which is responsible for the Gentoo Linux |
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> >>>> developer |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> community, its user base and all technical decisions, |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> - and the Gentoo Foundation, whose role is to hold Gentoo's assets |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> (such as trademarks and server infrastructure) and support the |
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> >>>> developer |
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> >>>> and user community. |
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> >> |
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> >> [snip] |
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> >>> To the Council: |
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> >>> |
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> >>> What makes you accountable to this community? Why should we trust or |
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> >>> respect you when you have nothing on the line except a title? What |
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> >>> happens next if these affirmations are made? What's your angle, your |
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> >>> real motivation? |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> This proposal describes precisely |
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> >> * how I was taught "Gentoo works" for my quizzes sometime around 2010 |
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> > You could have been taught wrong |
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> Well, I'm part of this community since pretty much the beginning, that |
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> was the idea when the whole metastructure got created. |
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> >> * how the cooperation and separation of responsibilities between council and |
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> >> foundation worked for the years since then |
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> > Just means it's been disfunctional for years |
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> Since nobody complained about it, I tend to disagree... |
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My replies here were more snark than substance, so not really helpful. |
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To be more clear about it, the first comment had 'COULD' in the |
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sentence, meaning possibility, not certianty and extends to the second |
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comment. Sorry for any confusion. |
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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |
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