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From: Jeff Smelser <tradergt@smelser.org>
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Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:09:10 -0500
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] KDE 3.2.3
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On Friday 09 July 2004 01:37 pm, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 11:06:23AM -0500 or thereabouts, Jeff Smelser wro=
te:
> > Whats going on over there?
>
> You really shouldn't have included this line as it comes across as very
> rude.  (Not saying you intended it that way -- just that it came across
> that way)

Abosoluty, re -reading it does come off that way, My sincere apologies.. My=
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intention here is for a solution. If there can be.

> The thing is, there is no "over there".  There is only "here".  Gentoo is=
 a
> community distribution.  This means that our userbase is responsible for
> maintaining it.  I am, and have always been, a Gentoo user, first and
> foremost.  I didn't like some of the things that were happening with Gent=
oo
> at the time, so I volunteered to help fix them.  That doesn't mean I'm no
> longer a Gentoo user -- it simply means I'm a more active participant than
> some other users.

right, and here I am, volunteering my time as well. I want to know what I c=
an=20
do.. Bugs are squashed, things should be progressing. KDe isn't joe program=
=20
that you might wait 30 days, kde is tested well before its released from kd=
e,=20
why do we need to rerun the same tests?=20

> If you don't like the speed at which certain packages are being updated,
> become part of the solution.  Help out with fixing bugs, do testing of ~x=
86
> packages (or whatever your arch is) and post reports on bugzilla for
> packages that you find to be stable.  Write up documentation.  Do any of
> the 10,000 things that need to be done to further the distribution.

And as I said before, Spider is on a prowl of uneeded bugs in bugzilla.. St=
uff=20
like this.. If he replies and says this is ok, so be it.

> Gentoo is a meritocracy.  The folks who demonstrate competence, dedication
> and a willingness to participate receive more of a voice in the future of
> the distribution (by way of CVS access, etc.).

Good.. Then my voice will continue to be heard. It always has, and always w=
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be. Gentoo is the distrabution I choose for a reason, its the best..  And I=
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will continue to make it so, by hook or by crook.. :)

Jeff.

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