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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:49:17 -0400
From: "Thomas Cort" <linuxgeek@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo World Domination. a 10 step guide
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On 10/4/06, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:00:14 -0400 Thomas Cort <tcort@gentoo.org> wrote:
> | - Double the number of developers with aggressive recruiting
>
> Aggressive recruiting isn't going to find you more competent people.
> All it's going to do is increase the moron quotient from its current
> 50% to 75%.

There are plenty of competent people out there. We just aren't getting them.

> | - Reduce the number of projects by eliminating the dead, weak,
> | understaffed, and unnecessary projects
>
> So just how *do* you plan to replace Portage, which is definitely weak,
> definitely understaffed, probably getting close to dead and entirely
> not unnecessary?

I think you know the answer to that question ;)

> | - Project status reports once a month for every project
>
> Who's going to read them and follow up on it? All this will do is
> create more noise.

People in the community who are wondering what is going on are going
to read them. Userrel/pr would follow up.

-Tom
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