From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9277 invoked by uid 1002); 15 Jul 2003 04:50:00 -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 11651 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2003 04:50:00 -0000 Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:50:00 -0500 From: splite To: Brad Cowan Cc: gentoo-core@gentoo.org, gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20030714235000.D12388@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> References: <20030714214621.33b75fbd.zhen@gentoo.org> <20030714220238.B12388@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> <20030714234033.2ddc5ea9.bcowan@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030714234033.2ddc5ea9.bcowan@gentoo.org>; from bcowan@gentoo.org on Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:40:33PM -0400 X-Disclaimer: Any similarity to an opinion of Purdue is purely coincidental Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo part II. X-Archives-Salt: ddb93e7d-f277-41c1-ae08-13c2d2ba7f36 X-Archives-Hash: 54adc2baa113f885575cab37812d2395 On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:40:33PM -0400, 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 Ignorance of what? It looks to me like the people involved in Gentoo are feeling pressured by their rapid growth and rise in popularity to "grow up" and adopt a more structured approach, hence Mr. Davis' screed. Am I wrong? My point was that (IMO) Gentoo's popularity and growth is a direct result of it being more fun and useful and less political than the alternatives, especially Debian. By using Debian as a model (which Mr. Davis referred to several times), might not you be dooming yourself to their fate-- obsolescence and irrelevance? Here's another Intellectual Question (tm): I. How many people came to Gentoo from Debian, and why? > next time why don't you show a little respect Calling him a boogerhead would have been disrepectful. I was merely making a point, though perhaps too obliquely for some. Got your attention though, didn't it? > even some tact to someone "Tact sucks." -- Rob Pike > else's well thought out and worded proposals and ideas. You might end It was indeed well worded. I also appreciate the thought that went into it, though I don't agree with it. > up getting some respect for yourself, but you have gained none by me > with that post. Oh for Pete's sake, lighten up. This is a geek mailing list, not the Federal Register. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list