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 1EtuKt-00009K-Fi for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:08:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k03M7ZMU017399; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:07:35 GMT Received: from aerie.halcy0n.com ([65.98.89.194]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k03M4Qu4011170 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:04:29 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aerie.halcy0n.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 555447D539 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:04:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from aerie.halcy0n.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (halcy0n.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06410-17-2 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:04:24 -0500 (EST) Received: by aerie.halcy0n.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DCC857D53A; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:04:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:04:24 -0500 From: Mark Loeser To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January Message-ID: <20060103220424.GA6579@aerie.halcy0n.com> References: <1136226795.8779.10.camel@localhost> <43B975FD.1000401@gentoo.org> <1136228634.23404.125.camel@localhost> <20060102194954.GB7125@gentoo.org> <1136232723.23404.154.camel@localhost> <20060102204604.GC7125@gentoo.org> <43B99539.70409@gentoo.org> <1136238763.23404.171.camel@localhost> <1136295292.27358.8.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> 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="zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1136295292.27358.8.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at halcy0n.com X-Archives-Salt: eab52c6b-863d-48fc-b843-b1888f03e9fd X-Archives-Hash: 1f92df000722ac4c8b9124e8241dea4a --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris Gianelloni said: > On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 04:08 -0700, Duncan wrote: > > I believe that's where the differing opinions begin to come in. Here's > > mine. I don't believe that Gentoo, /as/ /Gentoo/, will ever be very > > successful as an Enterprise distribution, and I don't think that it can > > every be very successful as a binary distribution, either. The things > > that make us, that is Gentoo, unique, and the best in our area, by > > definition are the /same/ sort of things that make a relatively poor > > enterprise or binary distribution. >=20 > I completely agree with you here. What Gentoo does is make a > meta-distribution, that one can utilize to build their own distribution > easily. This isn't limited to Linux, either, thanks to Gentoo/Alt. >=20 > I think that any single direction that we shoot towards will cause > friction internally and will reduce productivity, along with leaving > certain projects out. We're simply moving in too many directions to > have a single direction. +1 Each project has a direction they want to go in, and by setting some sort of "global vision" we are only going to restrict this. > The biggest concern that I see here is a lack of communications, really. > We don't need direction. We just need some way for people to know who's > going where. I think Koon's "MetaBug" project would be an excellent > idea to assist in this. We need a body with some teeth to get things > done in a timely manner. We also need enforcement of some sort to > ensure projects are active and reporting information on their status. Sounds good as well. I'd like to see all of the projects/teams saying what their goals are, or what they have done to move towards their goals. --=20 Mark Loeser - Gentoo Developer (cpp gcc-porting toolchain x86) email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://dev.gentoo.org/~halcy0n/ http://www.halcy0n.com --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDuvToCRZPokWLroQRAsyIAKCVLHB1qib8BxQzsTgYdNKZTxvJNACgpmUh YDDzQ8BRNQskffDVVg1qff0= =oxjY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list