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George Prowse wrote: |
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> Steve Long wrote: |
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>> drobbins' offer left a nasty taste in my mouth: one week, all his own |
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>> appointees, no information (beyond: "expect big changes"), no discussion. |
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>> Er, no thanks? |
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>> Maybe that's cos he's frustrated and doesn't want to waste time; it's |
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>> just not the kind of ultimatum I personally would ever accept. And since |
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>> we haven't had a Foundation since last summer, I really don't see the |
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>> need to be bullied into accepting. |
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> I'd never heard about his offer until I got the previous email through |
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> and it seems very drastic and extremely unlikely that anyone will give |
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> it the time of day. |
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Exactly: it's too drastic and sudden; all-or-nothing, now-or-never. |
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> I dont see what would really change though, Gentoo needs a president |
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> type and he seems like the only logical candidate. |
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Does it? Seems to me like there are a few Napoleons around ;-) I'd still |
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love it if he were back on-board ofc, but I really don't understand why |
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anyone would want to cave in to these demands. Grow a pair, ffs! |
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> I also can't see why people would be worried about taking up his offer, |
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> I mean I can't see anything radical that would different apart from the |
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> management structure and that would result in some developers losing |
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> their ability to exert control over various parts. |
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Well technically the Foundation used to be legal title-holder to all Gentoo |
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assets. He's talking about the Trustees exerting control over the |
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developers, which is something it was explicity set up not to do; the |
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Council are the ultimate authority for all developers. So in a sense he's |
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trying to take control over the whole thing (even though it would be a new |
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legally disjoint entity) in one swoop. Some people will applaud that, |
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others not. *shrug* |
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The SFC thing is far more like the old Foundation tbh. Only they have |
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professional admins, accountants and lawyers. ;) |
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> At the very least I would only consider his offer when I had some sort |
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> of information on the offer. Negotiations are whats needed, not an |
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> instant accept/decline |
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Yeah, only he explicitly rules out any negotiation and set a very tight |
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deadline to accept or refuse. I pleaded with him to change only the terms |
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(no discussion/deadline and all his appointees) believe it or not. meh. |
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"Railroading" is the only term that seems apt to me. |
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