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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IAUcq-0008Oj-IO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:44:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6GHhn0k022335; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:43:49 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6GHf7RX018774 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:41:07 GMT Received: from localhost (xray.science.oregonstate.edu [128.193.220.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 947BF65132; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:41:06 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:45:24 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: ML changes Message-ID: <20070716104524.4f854b2f@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: <46968E00.4070202@gentoo.org> <1184536747.18353.55.camel@sputnik886.lnet> <469B0DC2.2070903@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.12; powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) 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; boundary="Sig_UmMMJ_6=6NSK.bWWiGuaUxI"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 365e1a28-fd28-492c-8516-f6d5afe3fa1d X-Archives-Hash: 8a08f06f217d0af3673d1556ded935d6 --Sig_UmMMJ_6=6NSK.bWWiGuaUxI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:34:31 +0100 Steve Long wrote: > It also happens that bugs are reported, and patches provided, by > users. Not to mention documentation written, support provided on irc > and in forums, which are the envy of every OS out there. Oh and the > small matter of defending Gentoo against detractors, the most telling > of which are those who criticise elitist ``devs''. >=20 > Are you really claiming that Gentoo could possibly function as an > organisation without the users? And why do they contribute patches etc? Because it bugs them that something is broken. Or maybe because it gives them pleasure to help others. They're doing it for themselves too. In an open-source, volunteer world, everyone contributes because it _in some way_ benefits them to do so. Thanks, Donnie --Sig_UmMMJ_6=6NSK.bWWiGuaUxI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGm660XVaO67S1rtsRApP+AKCWm/YqEqzVTwbuWaCZz/2FiM4gjACgxX7M 4uWX0k0WJKwq2zouJ06JLHQ= =tQGg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_UmMMJ_6=6NSK.bWWiGuaUxI-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list