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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:08:01 +0100
From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo
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On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:58:21 +0200
Auke Booij <auke@tulcod.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't you agree that unless you're a genius who can understand the
> entire system upfront with just the bit of documentation out there,
> the support given, in this case by the community, is part of the
> product?

No. The community is what you fall back on when the product (of which
the documentation is an important part) fails.

The goal of the community should be to improve the product, not to
perpetuate itself.

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Ciaran McCreesh

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