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On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:15:43 -0700, Justin Findlay wrote: |
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> You won't be bothered by bureacuracy untill the day you discover that |
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> that package you want has been left months ago to fall into ignominious |
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> forgottenness among the thicket of bugzilla ebuild requests or the day |
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> you discover your favorite package hasn't been updated in 2 years and |
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> the herd responsible won't (or can't?) respond to email inquiries. |
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That's not bureaucracy, it's lack of interest or time. Gentoo devs are |
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all volunteers, they work on whatever they have the desire and time to |
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work on. If they don't have time or inclination to work on your favourite |
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project, help them. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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There are some micro-organisms that exhibit characteristics of both |
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plants and animals. When exposed to light they undergo photosynthesis; |
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and when the lights go out, they turn into animals. But then again, |
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don't we all? |