From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-dev-return-4107-arch-gentoo-dev=gentoo.org@gentoo.org> Received: (qmail 7610 invoked by uid 1002); 26 Jun 2003 16:27:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 2399 invoked from network); 26 Jun 2003 16:27:07 -0000 From: FRLinux <frlinux@frlinux.net> Reply-To: frlinux@frlinux.net To: Gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <1056636680.22323.16.camel@rivendell> References: <3EFA47A7.5080608@gentoo.org> <20030626115612.GA3681@gonzo.peterjohanson.com> <20030626052852.1c3037fa.seemant@gentoo.org> <200306261343.14850.frlinux@frlinux.net> <1056634991.2398.16.camel@biproc> <1056636680.22323.16.camel@rivendell> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: evil empire Message-Id: <1056644804.11561.3.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 Date: 26 Jun 2003 17:26:44 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FORK: The Time Is Now X-Archives-Salt: 2fcae97f-17e8-4a21-9ff6-ed86da53c4e6 X-Archives-Hash: 2debbcda1c7f645dd0f399ff8a20ed49 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 -- Mail sent on Gentoo 1.4rc3 k2421 AMD 2600+ http://frlinux.net - frlinux@frlinux.net http://gentoofr.org - Portail Francais sur Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list