From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29718 invoked by uid 1002); 15 Jul 2003 04:32:58 -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 31615 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2003 04:32:58 -0000 From: "Ralph F. De Witt" Reply-To: ralphdewitt@charter.net To: Brad Cowan Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:36:56 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <20030714214621.33b75fbd.zhen@gentoo.org> <20030714220238.B12388@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> <20030714234033.2ddc5ea9.bcowan@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20030714234033.2ddc5ea9.bcowan@gentoo.org> Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200307142137.29419.ralphdewitt@charter.net> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo part II. X-Archives-Salt: d0a5657b-30e4-481c-a137-8905857552f0 X-Archives-Hash: c82580387bbc291bc7d7662f258524e7 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 14 July 2003 08:40 pm, Brad Cowan wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:02:38 -0500 > splite wrote: > > In regards to your reply, I think it shows quite a bit of ignorance. The > next time why don't you show a little respect, even some tact to someone > else's well thought out and worded proposals and ideas. You might end > up getting some respect for yourself, but you have gained none by me > with that post. As well sounding and well written the proposals for change were, I do not f= eel=20 Gentoo should necessaraly go the way of Debian to extinctcion. Debian is to= o=20 mired in bureaucracy and way to slow to respond to change. What I like abou= t=20 Gentoo is it's responsiveness to change. I can go to bugzilla and request a= =20 version bump on favorite app or request a new app and usually within two da= ys=20 it is included in the distro. I have never seen that with Debian. Debian as= =20 good as it is, is just to slow out of date and unresponsive, because of the= =20 excessive bureaucracy most have a I have come in contact with have a=20 snobbish, I can not be bothered air about them. Not the most firendly and=20 open groups. I have never had that type of air putting on happen to me on a= =20 Gentoo list, most have gone out of there way to help me, and in the process= e=20 I have gained valuable knowledge. I am happy with the way Gentoo is run and= =20 the direction it is going. I feel change is needed only when necessary to=20 maintain the distrto's performance. Not change for change sake only. And no= =20 unnecessary bureaucracy. This is my $.02 worth on the subject.=20 =2D --=20 Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed Gentoo Linux 1.4=20 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org=20 ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at hkp://blackhole.pca.dfn.de Key id =3D 0DE2 085D Kernel version 2.4.20-gentoo-r2 Current Linux uptime: 2 days 20 hours 48 minutes. =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/E4UGu29DXA3iCF0RAmm3AJwNU/AuCPKwGm/HYc7P2DewFFxMQgCfcbK0 SmLaeG8xeps2CoB3fIlxe0A=3D =3DB6yI =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list