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Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: |
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> On Sonntag, 13. Januar 2008, Eddie Mihalow Jr wrote: |
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>> Naga Toro wrote: |
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>>> On Sunday 13 January 2008 15.07.57 Eddie Mihalow Jr wrote: |
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>>>> I guess you don't get the point of being also in a flame war with a |
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>>>> ex-dev who although very bright lacks in all the social skills. I read |
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>>>> the thread of these two going at it and hell, I wanted to leave. Who |
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>>>> needs the grief of listening to that crap from some a**hole who LEFT the |
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>>>> project. Give me a break. |
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>>> That would be two a**holes in that discussion. If you read it you would |
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>>> know that may devs tried to correct drobbins but that he couldn't accept |
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>>> the fact that he wasn't the chief anymore and that things have changed |
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>>> since he left. |
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>>> |
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>>> I'm not sure that the best guy to run Gentoo is a guy who wants to be THE |
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>>> chief and not one of the community. |
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>> First D Robbins created Gentoo. Second what part of ex-dev don't you |
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>> understand. |
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>> If you are an ex-dev you shouldn't even be in the discussion period. |
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> that is one of the most stupid things I ever read on this list. So users |
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> should never be part of discussions? Their needs? Their opinions? |
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> Also, drobbins continued his attacks even after explained SEVERAL times that |
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> the stuff ciaranm was doing was a) wanted and b) helpfull and c) supervised |
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> by devs. |
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> But he couldn't shut up OR accept that things changed since he left. |
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> Somebody who can not deal with changes, is somebody certainly unfit for |
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> leadership. |
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> Yes, he started gentoo (my first gentoo was 1.0). And compared to the chaotic |
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> times, gentoo is a heaven of stability today. Back under drobbins leadership |
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> it was ok, that the tree was broken or some update screwed your system. |
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> Happened all the time - nobody complained (too loudly). And some day he left. |
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> Things changed. Gentoo is much more stable today. There is no breakage of the |
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> week. No large scale surprising 'nothing works anymore'. A lot of things were |
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> done - without him. |
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> And he comes back and thinks that he can do better? Please - he already has |
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> shown that he can't. He has shown that he will leave projects after a short |
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> while (stampede, freebsd, enoch, gentoo, Microsoft). He has never shown that |
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> he can pull through with a project. |
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It is not stupid, just a difference of opinion. |
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Edward A Mihalow Jr |
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Mudbug Computers and Networks |
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Gentoo! Linux |
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Registered Linux User#225662 |
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New Orleans,LA |
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