* Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Features and documentation
@ 2007-11-29 5:38 99% ` Donnie Berkholz
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From: Donnie Berkholz @ 2007-11-29 5:38 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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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