From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Etrc3-0001jQ-Vr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:14:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k03JCoxd009543; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:12:50 GMT Received: from europa.telenet-ops.be (europa.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k03J7x96000241 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:07:59 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by europa.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with SMTP id BB70F383E1 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 20:07:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from fuji.siphos.be (dD5E06E35.access.telenet.be [213.224.110.53]) by europa.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75BF6382B1 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 20:07:58 +0100 (CET) Received: by fuji.siphos.be (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 91F3D23417E; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:41:11 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:41:11 +0100 From: Sven Vermeulen To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January Message-ID: <20060103174111.GA7625@gentoo.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <200601011053.k01ArjOh019213@robin.gentoo.org> <43B96D6D.8080107@gentoo.org> <20060103172139.GA7649@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060103172139.GA7649@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: 4b056f27-207e-4a5e-b905-8e2af9c92e18 X-Archives-Hash: f275c89106feaca0e02ae5e62bdf0cac --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 06:21:39PM +0100, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > There are some interesting ideas on the Gentoo Forums that aren't situated > in any of the current projects, such as "Top-100 Feature Requests" [1], "= Gentoo > Binary profile" [2], "Gentoo Knowledge Base" [3], "USE-flag triggered > software installation" [4], etc. [...] (Sorry, pressed "send" too soon). However, having such proposals is great, but they need to be worked out by one or more users and formed into a GLEP. Such GLEPs can then be discussed on the mailinglist and sent for "approval" to the Gentoo Council. Now this is where the Gentoo Council comes in: its role is to /advise/ Gentoo's development, not regulate. If GLEPs come occasionally, there is barely any reason not to positively advise to implement GLEP. After all, if there are issues with it they would either be broken down during the mailinglist discussions, or they are broken down when the teams themselves refuse to implement them. When several GLEPs require (immediate) attention, the Council will try to advise where the priorities should be placed (which GLEP goes first). When several GLEPs interfere with each other, the Council will try to advise which GLEP is most beneficial for Gentoo and its community. Some people hope to see the Council as a regulating body. Forget it, developers are the brains that lead Gentoo's evolution, voluntary work is t= he=20 blood that keeps Gentoo rolling, the community is the heart for which we all work. As such, there is no single regulating body. And as much as I hope to see a select few bring bright ideas, co=C3=B6rdina= te projects and make everyone's work easier, I have seen too many attempts that kill bright ideas to know far from everyone would be happy with such a situation. Wkr, Sven Vermeulen --=20 Gentoo Foundation Trustee | http://foundation.gentoo.org Gentoo Council Member =20 The Gentoo Project <<< http://www.gentoo.org >>> --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDurc3ED0QGEyH9xgRAvNjAJ9G//bIWTPS4g6xXzpBZMEUPl9tLQCcC6cC CWXITl/ZHoOtm/hGWjGIFOw= =Re8c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pWyiEgJYm5f9v55/-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list