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From: Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Through the looking glass: Reflections on Gentoo
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:53:17
Message-Id: 20070107235159.cbf19bdd.hilse@web.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Through the looking glass: Reflections on Gentoo by Ivan Sakhalin
1 Hi,
2
3 On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:14:26 +0100
4 "Ivan Sakhalin" <ivan.sakhal1n@×××××.com> wrote:
5
6 > [...]
7 > Now, you that have read this far may wonder, what is my point? Quite simple,
8 > comrades. It is a warning I bring you, and I ask you to stop for a moment and
9 > reflect upon the situation we have right now. It seems that a small group of
10 > developers have ursurped power, leaving any checks and balances behind them
11 > to shape Gentoo in the image they see, not caring for any losses they cause.
12 > It can not be in the interest of a community to be ruled by such a group -
13 > even among devs equality is hard to find as som just have to be better than
14 > others.
15
16 _I_ am not ruled by that group and you're possibly neither. What might
17 be ruled by those "ursurpators", which might or might not exist (names,
18 dude, more facts...), is just Gentoo.
19
20 > [...] Cooperate you must, my friends. [...]
21
22 Fear is the path to the dark side! Fear leads to anger, anger leads to
23 hate - and hate leads to - suffering. (SCNR... That's Yoda, of course)
24
25 > Only when you leave the infighting and bureaucracy behind can you aspire
26 > to true greatness.
27
28 But *I*, as a user (this is -user, after all!) don't feel bothered by
29 any kind of bureaucracy. Please explain first why I should take action
30 at all at the moment. And why I shouldn't just go and take the next
31 distro that fits my needs best (brrrr, Slackware :-)?
32
33 I don't want to say your points aren't valid. But they are not very
34 substantiated (don't expect me to read back the last few months of
35 gentoo-dev, bring examples!) and not focused on my context as a
36 _user_...
37
38 -hwh
39 --
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Re: [gentoo-user] Through the looking glass: Reflections on Gentoo Justin Findlay <justin@××××××××.us>