From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-dev-return-13959-arch-gentoo-dev=gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: (qmail 12828 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2004 04:09:15 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 10 Jul 2004 04:09:15 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bj9Ao-0005Cd-L8 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:09:14 +0000 Received: (qmail 15337 invoked by uid 89); 10 Jul 2004 04:09:13 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 5660 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2004 04:09:13 +0000 From: Jeff Smelser <tradergt@smelser.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:09:10 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <200407091106.23915.tradergt@smelser.org> <20040709183757.GK18023@mail.lieber.org> In-Reply-To: <20040709183757.GK18023@mail.lieber.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200407092309.10380.tradergt@smelser.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] KDE 3.2.3 X-Archives-Salt: 97ee1fd6-a00d-44dd-89bd-227547b1e456 X-Archives-Hash: 344843891ace861bfd04d073ee47d256 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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= =20 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= ill=20 be. Gentoo is the distrabution I choose for a reason, its the best.. And I= =20 will continue to make it so, by hook or by crook.. :) Jeff. =2D --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Jabber: tradergt@(smelser.org|jabber.org) Quote: Drink up, Socrates, it's all natural. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA72vmld4MRA3gEwYRAgz+AKClXtxri9GNq5LXfBif0cdNkeHmfwCguRxt ht1PnS1WJJ/7jBtJhzejVEU=3D =3DOe6I =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list