RE: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo part II.

["Stuart Herbert" <stuart@myrddraal.demon.co.uk>]

> The main issue with the current approach is that proposals 
> are forgotten. 

Mmm ... are they really forgotten, or is it more a case that they fade away
because the work to implement them just doesn't get done?  If ideas don't
gather enthusiasm or momentum, then perhaps it is more healthy for them to
die, than to be half-heartedly implemented by someone working to a 'todo'
list drawn up by others?

> The case with a management decision is not so much a problem as 
> management also must get the developers along. If it doesn't 
> people walk away and fork

Project forks are typically political, not just technical.  They're about
power and control.

Managers should be there to make it *easier* for developers to do
development.  Managers don't do the work - it's the developers that do.  Any
agenda for a project should be defined by leaders.  Management and
leadership are very different roles!  When management insist that only
*they* can be the leaders, that's when developers start to vote with their
feet.
 
Best regards,
Stu
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