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 4.54) id 1EuUKK-0007cm-LP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:34:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k05CXxvs030087; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:33:59 GMT Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (66-191-187-123.dhcp.gnvl.sc.charter.com [66.191.187.123]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k05CW3WH008965 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:32:04 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 534CC248022 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 07:22:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23251-16 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 07:22:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (unknown [192.168.1.50]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67FAE248021 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 07:22:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20060105035857.GH1967@mail.lieber.org> References: <200601011053.k01ArjOh019213@robin.gentoo.org> <43B96D6D.8080107@gentoo.org> <1136226795.8779.10.camel@localhost> <43B975FD.1000401@gentoo.org> <1136228634.23404.125.camel@localhost> <1136230095.8779.32.camel@localhost> <43BAB220.1030601@gentoo.org> <43BAB438.8000301@gentoo.org> <1136312226.27358.59.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <20060105035857.GH1967@mail.lieber.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:32:11 -0500 Message-Id: <1136464331.31358.1.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> 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 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org X-Archives-Salt: 05de7093-58c1-45cb-9281-438975480b3d X-Archives-Hash: 1a0a53bcc14db70763c1c51d0e4f20c2 On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 03:58 +0000, Kurt Lieber wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 01:17:06PM -0500 or thereabouts, Chris Gianelloni > wrote: > > Gentoo is not a distribution of Linux. Gentoo is not anything more than > > a loosely bound group of developers all doing their own thing in a > > collaborative and collective manner. You cannot use corporate thinking > > to manage such a beast. We don't have mission statements. We don't have > > road maps. We don't have quarterly earnings and market projections. We > > simply exist. > > Which is why Gentoo has jumped the shark and is now on a long, slow > decline. Strange, most indicators that I've seen are showing that we're still gaining users and developers hand over fist. > > > Do you want to be a part of a project that doesn't allow you to > > implement some cool new feature because it might make Gentoo slightly > > harder to use for some people and that's against the mission statement > > so not allowed? > > Yes, absolutely. No offense, but I have a feeling that you're in the wrong place, then. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead x86 Architecture Team Games - Developer Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list