On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 12:56 -0800, Alec Warner wrote: > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Wulf C. Krueger wrote: > > On Monday, 08. December 2008 17:37:42 Donnie Berkholz wrote: > >> Open and public debate about the right way to do things does take > >> longer, and it's something you certainly participate in quite > >> frequently so I'm surprised to hear you badmouth it when it comes to > >> your own ideas. > > > > It's not about Ciaran's (or anyone's ideas). We openly and publicly discuss > > such things in Exherbo, too. Not endlessly, though, but we get to an actual > > decision in a much shorter timeframe. > > > > Of course, Ciaran plays along the Gentoo way of either discussing things > > till a) people are sufficiently annoyed about the length of the thread to > > stop reading it at all (the normal procedure), b) the council decides to > > postpone the decision to the next meeting during which it gets postponed to > > the next meeting (and so on) or c) it's being decided that it's not needed > > (only to discover half a year later that an issue has to be worked around > > again because the real solution was treated in the way of a) or b)). :-) > > > > So this is not badmouthing but dealing with the facts of Gentoo. > > s/Gentoo/Any 'large' organization with little or no management/ > > it turns out this is a problem in a number of other organizations; > hopefully Gentoo will get better at addressing them. > > -Alec > Interesting (and valid) point. Perhaps this argues for more (or more active) mamagement. > > > > Best regards, Wulf > Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)