Re: [gentoo-dev] [Fwd: gentoo.org reorg (GDN/GUN)]

[Peter Ruskin <aoyu93@dsl.pipex.com>]

On Thursday 19 Sep 2002 20:30, Steven Stillaway wrote:
> Putting ACL's on the developer content is completely counter
> productive in an open source project IMHO.
>
> Why are you trying to make it more difficult for people who are
> interested in hacking gentoo (and hopefully contributing back) to
> do so.
>
> All content should be readable by anyone (and even editable if you
> are really planning on running a true wiki).
>
> Let people read the content.
>
> Let them do with it what they wish with it.
>
> Putting restrictions will just curb the growth of the Gentoo
> developer community with no real benefit.
>
> If you want to put ACL's on publishing to the GDN then that makes
> sense, but not for reading and accessing.
>
> Just my $0.02

I agree with Steven.  The way Gentoo is currently accessible was a big 
inducement for me to become a gentoo fan.  I also run Mandrake and they 
try to keep their Cooker community for developers only and it doesn't 
work too well.  They are only interested in fixing the bleeding edge, 
with scant regard (and scant available expertise) to deal with last 
month's problems.
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