Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Rules

[Grant]

> > So, what would need to happen for one of these projects to take off
> > would be one or more people to be in charge of it and organize it, and
> > they recruit as many people as possible to work on the project along
> > with them?
>
> The real blocker for features that I'd like Gentoo to support is Portage.
> There is only 1½ people working on it and changing anything in it is hard
> because Portage is a horrible mess. There's plenty of activity in the tree
> but new desired features cannot be used in the tree until Portage supports
> them. It also doesn't make matters better that over the years all sorts of
> weird hacks (that now have to be supported) have been added to the tree
> instead of waiting for proper solutions. Most people who are capable of
> helping to improve Portage just don't want to touch it.

Would you say that portage is the main block in the way of Gentoo's
continued progress?

> > Does that recruitment generally take the form of volunteers finding the
> > project as opposed to the project finding volunteers? Any light to shed on
> > this process for me?
>
> If there's one thing we definitely don't need it's more clueless people who
> become developers just because they claim they want to do something. Being
> stalled is better than major screw ups that hurt everyone and than moving in
> the wrong direction.

I don't have aspirations of becoming a developer if that's what you
mean.  Thanks though.

- Grant
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