Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Features and documentation

[Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>]

On 05:04 Thu 29 Nov     , Duncan wrote:
> Leave it to ciarnm to be so direct, amusing tho it is, but that pretty 
> much nails it.  I've seen it said by some that Gentoo's no longer "fun".  
> I disagree but honestly, ask yourself if there's a better way to ruin the 
> fun remaining than by instituting policies so nebulous they simply /beg/ 
> for argument over their application.  The idea sounds so nice, something 
> everybody should be able to agree to in principle, but that's precisely 
> the problem, there's no specifics, so no practical way to tell where or 
> how it applies, or what changes (if any) it would bring.  Pardon my 
> saying so but at least in the US, it's the season of politics, and we're 
> seeing a lot of this vague "big stroke" pie in the sky painting right 
> now.  Unlike most of those, there's a chance with this one to get it 
> nailed down to the point it's actually practical.

In fact, I believe exactly the opposite. What we want to create are 
basic philosophies to guide us. Nailing down a million tiny details is 
what makes things not fun, and what makes them impossible to learn. 
We're not trying to write a specification here, we're trying to come up 
with a set of guidelines that people could actually learn and remember.

Thanks,
Donnie
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