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On Friday, June 29, 2018 1:15:25 AM EDT Eray Aslan wrote: |
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> Re-sending to gentoo-project |
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> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 09:11:11AM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > Since the nominees for the new Council aren't eager to publish |
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> > manifestos, and nobody seems to be asking questions (yet some people are |
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> > leaving hostile half-comments), I'd like to start a thread dedicated to |
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> > asking the nominees (who accepted) questions related to their views of |
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> > the upcoming term. At the same time, I'd like to ask all nominees to |
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> > answer all the questions provided by community members. |
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> Just a few sentences on the questions below would be nice. |
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> 1/ What do you think of closing gentoo-dev ML to the general public? |
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> 2/ Where do you think Gentoo stands in the Linux ecosystem? Who do you |
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> think are its users? |
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> Thank you |
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1. I believe the council faced a very tough decision regarding this matter. I |
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saw individuals voicing their opinion about "closing" the mailing list, but I |
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also saw very many continue on with no opinion. I believe we ought to define |
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what "closed" means with regard to this matter as well. |
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Anyone legitimately wanting to contribute can continue to do so by having |
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their address whitelisted. We have seen several do so and contribute without |
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the noise. Those wishing to dominate the mailing list and generate noise |
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cannot do so anymore. |
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I have not seen an opposed developer sponsor those individuals responsible for |
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the abruptions either. If concerns were so principled then those resenting |
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"closure" would have sponsored anyone and everyone seeking such. |
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Furthermore, the council decision was difficult due to the technologies |
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available to our infra to manage the mailing list. To whitelist or blacklist? |
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A blacklist is easy to manuever around. Spam filters would require serious |
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tuning to be effective and could create more issues. I don't intend to |
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discuss every possible scenario, but I believe the council reached a |
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reasonable decision. In the future, we can implement different technologies |
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to "open" it up more. The idea here being that an individual does not need to |
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request a sponsor. |
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I also think that the General Resolution GLEP is important here. If |
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individuals are truly upset with the decision they can gather enough votes to |
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nullify such a decision. |
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2. I believe Gentoo fits into many areas of the Linux ecosystem due to its |
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adaptability, configurability, and community. If I had to choose a particular |
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area where we excel it would probably be within server infrastructure. Of |
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course, I would be remiss to not mention that anyone with a ChromeBook is |
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benefitting from Gentoo. So while Gentoo, in it's purest form, may not exist |
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as many of us run it/see it there are many aspects comprising many |
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technologies out there. |
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There are many other examples you will find such as major gaming companies and |
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warehouses using Portage. Gentoo is truly unique and serves the needs of |
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users that want to understand their OS, control it, and adapt it to their |
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needs. So, those seeking these things are likely our users. Of course, many |
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run Gentoo as a desktop OS as well. |
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-Aaron |
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