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On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 04:20:58PM -0700, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> > It seems to me you are thinking more about allocating the currently |
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> > available |
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> > resources (volunteer time, available unconditional donations) towards some |
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> > goals set by some governing body. This may work for some orgs, but I think |
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> > won't work in case of Gentoo, because we're kind of an anarchy as in |
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> > everybody |
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> > does what they want. |
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> I don't really follow. How is the Anarchy a problem? To take an example, |
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> lets say you pick my proposal (to replace rsync with git for all users.) |
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> You raise 10,000 to do the work and fund the infrastructure for 2 years. |
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> How does Gentoo's Anarchy affect this project in your model? |
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> How does Gentoo's Anarchy affect this project in a model where the |
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> Foundation raised 10,000$ and paid you to do the work? |
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Anarchy isn't a problem for my proposal. |
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It appears to be an impediment to what seemed to be your proposal (directing |
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available resources). |
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> > So, the more is raised for any causes, the better Gentoo stands in my eyes. |
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> So our job as developers here is to deliver a better open source product to |
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> our users and you see this as a way to kind of measure demand for new |
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> features and fund more ambitious proposals that you think don't happen in |
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> the current project model? |
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Yes, exactly. |
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