From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ef2Hx-0001iE-3q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:36:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jANLYIm5011055; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:34:18 GMT Received: from skinny.southernlinux.net (ns2.rednecks.net [64.192.52.5]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jANLTKOc025685 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:29:20 GMT Received: (qmail 17727 invoked by uid 210); 23 Nov 2005 16:22:35 -0500 Received: from 64.192.53.57 by skinny (envelope-from , uid 201) with qmail-scanner-1.25st (clamdscan: 0.82/1184. f-prot: 4.4.2/3.14.11. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:1(64.192.53.57):. Processed in 0.058127 secs); 23 Nov 2005 21:22:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO montgomery-57.epproach.net) (64.192.53.57) by 0 with SMTP; 23 Nov 2005 16:22:35 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: enewuser/enewgroup getting their own eclass From: Ned Ludd To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1132769753.27288.148.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <200511231930.38340@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org> <1132777755.27288.161.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Gentoo Linux Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:29:18 -0500 Message-Id: <1132781358.5422.16.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0acc2f2c-acee-4cba-a2da-4f54dbd60204 X-Archives-Hash: 49cdae9e0fc49a394bf6e8501077649e On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 14:14 -0700, Duncan wrote: > Chris Gianelloni posted > <1132777755.27288.161.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net>, excerpted below, on > Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:29:15 -0500: > > > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 13:06 -0700, Duncan wrote: > >> From an outside perspective, I'm sure it's amazing and crass that USians > >> see nothing unusual about the national holiday of thanks being directly > >> followed by the biggest day of commercial greed in the entire year, as > >> the opening day of the biggest season of commercial greed, obsensibly as > >> preparation for the day of celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the > >> man seen as the Son of God, and quoted as saying it's easier for a camel > >> to pass thru the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into > >> paradise! Interesting commentary on our culture! > > > > What the hell does this have to do with Gentoo development? > > About the same as the original reference to "after the Thanksgiving > holiday" which prompted the question to which it is a reply, which was in > the context you snipped. As such, certainly as much or more than > oblique references to harems and goats and people's butts (well, unless > there's something about Gentoo development I don't know about, yet ), > all topics that have come up in passing on the list, just as this > did, without this question being asked of those posters. > > It may be possible to automate code creation, but it's not possible to > automate a community, and humans in such a community /don't/ tend to stay > strictly on topic. That's just the way humans are, and have been for far > longer than either you or I have been around. Your either high or in need of a blog. -- Ned Ludd Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list