Jesús Guerrero wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This is a request for comments on a new project,
> namely "Gentoo Support Everywhere".
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gse/
> 
> The web page doesn't really explain all the background
> needed to understand why would anyone want to start such
> a project. However this forum thread might be more
> clarifying:
> 
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-762914.html
> 
> The initial aim is to provide some support to these lost souls
> that wander around the LQ forums, and to create a Gentoo
> subforum at LQ like many other distros do. However, eventually
> the support might be extended to other places if there's a
> need and enough human power to do so.

You are of course free to put in work wherever you want to. This is
Gentoo. We're all about picking an itch and scratching it. I won't tell
you where to put your time or where not to put your time.

However, for the purposes of an actual project, I believe it's
considered essential that we own the infrastructure that project is
hosted on. All of our other projects (to my knowledge) are hosted on our
own infrastructure.

If we cannot properly administer a Gentoo resource, i.e. if we have to
go through unaffiliated intermediaries, then it should not be an
official Gentoo project. I don't believe having a spot in /proj/
designates a project as "official"; I think the actual working area
needs to be Gentoo-owned.

That being said, you and others are free to do the whole LQ and other
forums help; more power to you. But as I said, I don't think it should
be an official TLP (or subproject) as we do not have proper supervision
of external resources.