From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435AB1381F3 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:29:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8AAC921C06B; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:29:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f181.google.com (mail-ia0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3029E0603 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:28:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f181.google.com with SMTP id s32so4632198iak.40 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:28:31 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=R6ouOZWwE/avMikX4o13dc/2X4Yh+fnE6Aq6N5jkkRU=; b=P+s9pzRmVWJwUDDrnY9h6Rqy8J6OVSjkN7YNuS4VkJm1qWRhrQF6bB5nTQChVLvOi9 LLIwXvD9YiPdv63wCSCJCmJGJ7zyp/i5hZcJUI2LCetJTOiVwYDpQaeRmuB26L0Usa71 pwGKdC+G55Xdvnl5QpHmN8j3tTXUrOaju9+pWr+DDgNmR6J5QWTM7yja0tpsag2pIY3P HNjrrvyN4saBnhicW/Ov1ffhnWwq+QFLls1cQOLuOJ00kntvK5TExwXAr/cO8NKTXABl w0IaBUAVypPqoqxI5U8XXNPwdwfSuP9b/9HENWNG+v04m207rNIiIXqfGGSGMGZZ7GOf evIg== 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 Received: by 10.50.40.137 with SMTP id x9mr7885892igk.1.1355686111103; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:28:31 -0800 (PST) Sender: antarus@scriptkitty.com Received: by 10.64.0.82 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:28:30 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [75.147.136.182] In-Reply-To: References: <50CDFD7F.7040207@orlitzky.com> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:28:30 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ZySAFcxkR8L0ZPubSStDBC7z2JY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Attracting developers (Re: Packages up for grabs...) From: Alec Warner To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnb/L1Z6U55ncHItgPdPnEGzdNMSZThbSb7MgERpGl3jVPrn8DtygrxK2E8yr2nxBeZ/FuF X-Archives-Salt: 4e939a8a-aed1-4d84-850b-7de2ea59ea7e X-Archives-Hash: bac77f935a9850433470eecd9f18cfbd On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: >> On 16 December 2012 16:57, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >>> Inspired by the number of packages being unmaintained -- why not use >>> some of that bug bounty money to fix up the recruitment documentation >> >> Recruitment documentatiob? What does that mean? >> >>> People still think of Gentoo as a ricer distro that's broken all >>> the time, when in reality, it's one of the most stable. >> >> Well that's not entirely true but that's a different issue > > What's not really true? That it's the most stable? or that people > think of it as a ricer distro? Its a rolling distro; compared to static release distros (Ubuntu LTS, Debian Stable) it is not even close to the most stable because it changes frequently. > > I face funroll-loops references and worse almost every time I bring up > Gentoo among a different group of Linux-familiar technical people. > There are still *very* strong prejudices against Gentoo in most places > I've brought it up. But when I bring it up, and I argue against those > funroll-loops references, one or two people come out of lurking and > admit that they use it...and it's a surprise to people around them. I've encountered different anecdotes; but in the end that is all they are. Many technical people I encounter say they used Gentoo at one time or another, learned a lot, then moved on to new things. > > I've started describing it as a "coming out of the closet" experience > for a reason... There's a _serious_ reputation issue that Gentoo still > hasn't completely sloughed off...which is incredibly sad. Of all the > distros I've used, I've come to the conclusion that Gentoo is the > easily nicest for almost anyone even moderately technical. At least in the working world, most technical people just want to get things done; Linux is just one tool in their toolbox for doing this. Most of them don't want to spent time messing with their distro; they just want things to work out of the box, configured the way they like (and I don't mean USE flags in this context, I mean the UI.) > > -- > :wq >