Re: [gentoo-dev] FORK: The Time Is Now

[FRLinux <frlinux@frlinux.net>]

Hi again,

On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:11, foser wrote:

> Gentoo is suffering from the 'secret conversations' urban myth. 

This is the way communication was handled, don't blame anyone else for
it.

> The lack of visibility is the lack of organization and the pretty much
> total freedom developers had, there was no real need to communicate on
> certain points because it worked as it was. While this had its merits
> and made Gentoo in what it is today i see more and more that this isn't
> sufficient anymore (i come from a time when it was possible). This is
> what the proposed top-level structure intends to tackle.

Agreed, we need a changing structure and the draft master plan looks
very good in respect of that.

> There is not much to say. I can tell you there's nothing special in area
> 51, but if you want to believe it won't change your mind.

Ok, i do believe you, so where is this GFDL link and reference which
should be applied to docs* ?

Steph

> PS III. This mail goes as far as Gentoo Linux development, business
> ventures etc. have a certain secrecy over them which i don't find
> particular appropriate either. But to a certain degree that is not
> directly related to the distro as a whole.

I used to work for 'OpenSource' companies which were doing business with
opensource software and developers, nothing against it so far except
they didn't quite play by the rules after a while. I'm not implying that
is what Gentoo does because i don't know ...

Steph
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