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On Fri, 6 Jan 2017 01:12:04 -0800 |
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Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 01/05/2017 02:47 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> > What could a "Chief Architect" do besides just pick one winner and |
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> > have everybody else go elsewhere? |
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> Isn't that a bit of a false dichotomy? You're implying that a single |
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> architect couldn't come to the same conclusion as a committee. A BDFL |
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> could easily decide that choice is important and ask developers to keep |
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> that in mind going forward... pretty much exactly as the Council has done. |
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> The 'B' part of BDFL is important. |
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The point is, the committee may not come to any conclusion at all. It |
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is powerless. It's in the second plane. Without some degree of |
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conspiracy, Council isn't able to do much bad to Gentoo. Think of |
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the worst possible scenario. |
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BDFL on the other hand pretty much implies absolute power. Which |
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implies forcing people to do his bidding or throwing them out 'for |
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the good of Gentoo'. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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