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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ?
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:04:44
Message-Id: 1200290650.12613.51.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 07:35 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2
3 > the situation will resolve that same way these things have always been
4 > resolved, by one of these or a combination:
5 >
6 > a. a strong leader emerges with a vision and takes over
7 > b. a strong leader emerges with a vision and forks
8 > c. common sense prevails and everyone comes to their senses
9 > d. a hidden bad egg goes away or dies and suddenly everything calms down
10 > e. the project dies and nothing replaces it
11
12 I think you just foretold the end of the universe too...
13
14 [snip]
15 > But he does have a plan, and thus far seems to be the only one
16 > *with*a*plan*. Let's hear what he has to say and respond accordingly.
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18 Baldrick had a plan, and look where that got him. But then he wasn't
19 exactly the visionary leader...
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21 Anyway, from what it seems from Slashdot, DRobbins' blog, and f.g.o
22 there is overwhelming user support for him to return (of course there
23 are some users against the idea). But what about the "devs"? The
24 support for DR seems to be less enthusiastic as you rise further up the
25 gentoo hierarchy. But then if he is blocked at the critical trustee
26 level, then either b. will happen, or he'll just return to the
27 background...
28 --
29 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
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31 Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page.
32 -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)
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35 gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list

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