From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L29XH-0007qM-Ck for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:13:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43AE1E0422; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:13:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 215A0E0422 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:13:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (xray.science.oregonstate.edu [128.193.220.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 113DE64BB6; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:13:21 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:13:19 -0800 From: Donnie Berkholz To: Tobias Scherbaum Cc: Ferris McCormick , gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] Re: Stepping back from council duties Message-ID: <20081117191319.GA18019@comet> References: <491EF351.8040200@gentoo.org> <20081116060043.GD23210@comet> <20081116124154.TA6c518.tv@veller.net> <20081116175546.GH23210@comet> <20081116182110.6d1295ac@anaconda.krait.us> <1226860843.3922.61.camel@homer.ob.libexec.de> <20081117161547.GA29951@comet> <1226944170.3939.12.camel@homer.ob.libexec.de> <20081117175525.GA23297@comet> <1226946713.3939.47.camel@homer.ob.libexec.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1226946713.3939.47.camel@homer.ob.libexec.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Archives-Salt: 98507dbc-e48e-4e90-a47d-c220dd6ac42b X-Archives-Hash: f8a7c37c8ada8ef6969b5bbf881ab784 --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 19:31 Mon 17 Nov , Tobias Scherbaum wrote: > Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > Yes, although worst is a matter of definition. If the developer=20 > > community wants what is effectively a benevolent dictator, then let's= =20 > > give it to them. This is, after all, a community distribution so we=20 > > should do what the community wants. >=20 > That would lead us to completely new (or old) leadership model. If I was > to vote on a council I'd like to get a council, not a benevolent > dictator.=20 I want to stress again that would only lead us there if the majority of=20 developers *wanted* it to. Who am I (or any of us) to go against the=20 broader will of them? All hail vapier, and all that. Additionally it remains an elected position with a limited term, so=20 really it's completely different because there are fairly short-term=20 consequences for actions (or lack thereof). --=20 Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkkhwk8ACgkQXVaO67S1rtuGSACg6IBcr63jhcMoQYrAaXpk71+e ppIAoK92nOryb4UpyucDP31Q9iSUfKFR =Be4C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e--