Re: [gentoo-project] Social Contract clean-up

On 31/03/2018 21:06, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> Otherwise Gentoo development can become very insular, in-grown and
> detached from reality. This actually allows for a situation to exist
>  where there is a lot of internal drama, debate and angst between
> developers as there is no clear focus for the project and it becomes
>  difficult to assess what to focus on.

I share this concern 100% .

> While you may view user representation as a threat to Gentoo
> development efforts, when done right it is actually going to be a
> refreshing change that brings a new calmness and focus to the
> project and also provides a much-needed positive feedback loop.

My impression of others' reactions isn't much that it's a threat, just
doubting if (as currently proposed) it'd be effective.

I hope this thread can lead to improvements to Gentoo. I don't think you
can continue to push your initial idea without applying the IMO
reasonable feedback from the community.

> Assuming no existing devs want to work on areas of user interest, at
> least we will be tracking areas that users would like us to work on,
> and new devs can be recruited who want to work on these areas.

I don't think anyone would be opposed to that. Did you consider leading
such a project?

Paweł