From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N2oZm-0003ne-5s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FFB4E073F; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vms173019pub.verizon.net (vms173019pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.19]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E216E073F; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:12 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Received: from gw.thefreemanclan.net ([96.245.54.62]) by vms173019.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KS600FKSKRX45K5@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net>; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:07:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw.thefreemanclan.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36FE11759DA7; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:07:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <4AE71AAC.80705@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:07:08 -0400 From: Richard Freeman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090912) To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-desktop@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Splitting desktop profile to KDE and GNOME References: <200910241542.17701.reavertm@gmail.com> <4AE6012C.6010307@gentoo.org> <200910262140.17777.reavertm@gmail.com> <4AE61BA1.1030106@gentoo.org> <4AE62008.5070504@gentoo.org> In-reply-to: <4AE62008.5070504@gentoo.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 99eef096-b6c4-4981-92b8-22f5a0f4bb45 X-Archives-Hash: afabb61645797f094838b62b6aac9408 R=C3=A9mi Cardona wrote: > Le 26/10/2009 22:58, Richard Freeman a =C3=A9crit : >> Gentoo is about choice. >=20 > No it isn't. Gentoo is about empowering users, giving them the ability=20 > and tools to _change_ the distro to _their_ needs. >=20 > Gentoo does _not_ cater to all the possible needs. >=20 > This is somewhat off-topic, but it irks me every time I see/hear it, so= =20 > there. Well, I'm not sure I see any contradiction. When people say that gentoo=20 is about choice, it means that we should give the end-user flexibility=20 whenever it is feasible. Of course that doesn't mean that there should=20 be a lunar-lander-in-a-box use flag. However, if KDE 4.2 includes a=20 lunar lander module we should in fact add such a flag for the benefit of=20 those of us who don't own space programs. So, Gentoo isn't about choice. Gentoo is about empowering users. And=20 we do that by giving them a choice whenever we can afford to. So,=20 Gentoo is about choice. Q.E.A. ;)