From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8372 invoked by uid 1002); 28 Jun 2003 17:12:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 32034 invoked from network); 28 Jun 2003 17:12:02 -0000 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: azarah@gentoo.org To: Daniel Armyr Cc: Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <20030628182654.54d19e5e.daniel.armyr@home.se> References: <87r85fba2o.fsf@killr.ath.cx> <20030627194703.GA404@cerberus.oppresses.us> <1056746975.1164.31.camel@localhost> <1056749877.9103.5.camel@phaze> <20030628182654.54d19e5e.daniel.armyr@home.se> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-rMrPLxVmTle+rdG8DMdN" Organization: Message-Id: <1056820398.14725.29.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4- Date: 28 Jun 2003 19:13:18 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] proposal: make gentoo-core publicly read-only X-Archives-Salt: 8a8f48e2-066a-4d5c-a237-bea50acfbd35 X-Archives-Hash: 7b52a358d85fc93d047b70411d2c17e4 --=-rMrPLxVmTle+rdG8DMdN Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 18:26, Daniel Armyr wrote: > > My point is just this, you want access to -core, become a developer, > > its part of the territory. >=20 > Yeah, and if I want to know how my government makes descisions on how my = life > is run I can allways become a high-ranking politician. At this point in t= ime, > Gentoo simply does not have an open culture, but a closed one. I am fore = an > read-only core, but when reading this thread I have a nagging suspicion t= hat > this is pointless. The Gentoo devs want to have an ivory tower, and ivory= towers > can not be scaled. The only way to change is for the inhabitants to come = out freely. > =20 > > And I might be going out on a limb here, but I'm pretty sure that many > > other non-profit Linux distributions have non-open lists. In fact, I > > would be very surprised if any Linux distributions don't. >=20 > And since then was that an excuse? I thought Gentoo wanted to be better t= han other distros. I am guessing you consult your children in all decisions you make regarding them (if you have any)? Or if you are a manager, do you consult with your workers in decisions you make ? --=20 Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa --=-rMrPLxVmTle+rdG8DMdN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+/cyuqburzKaJYLYRAufRAJ48SkKrxu9TPEW/d43jSLb/NuGJ4ACeMDT7 SKl72nGVGkNgLhE15X5PzVo= =VtN6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-rMrPLxVmTle+rdG8DMdN--