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 27E9F1382EB for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 20:37:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D46B421C074; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 20:37:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f170.google.com (mail-ia0-f170.google.com [209.85.210.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA4C021C0B1 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 20:29:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f170.google.com with SMTP id i1so14972503iaa.1 for ; Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:29:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=SL3U2D5yA23orZk7Ku2wYxkmKVkUikCh75qpMmbqxoA=; b=jhi3LfXvIz5XOk5iiWzfbcz8esexKOPs/5vpkdlcEt31DEyOHmmVg0HRt0Jo9vbiMc kOgz0fbS49Hqx18DP3I4eJVyQbfFcsk+2PTdu7cTlb+/RfS4AFyMBjl/RFFDAjOox/vI g6syV3ReUXtXiU2QEi5+OHh2dJhHDp46TgO4R8RqEpkaEOToK3ITZoCYOnkVlx3FUxrU nf1v5/0BvDfFtJJqV54X+YC2rGKTvq0JDb9fyk5A2lPqmRETSgm4h6Jeu55jc8S6mIqq OA2ks9gDQB+IayCOrJGEtGm0wP9IgD8S5i/5KeTQ8iM5rMAZwu5AXPnVV+/jaWyrzU9W ypew== 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 10.50.53.147 with SMTP id b19mr2197020igp.12.1357417745240; Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:29:05 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.133.198 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Jan 2013 12:29:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <50CDFD7F.7040207@orlitzky.com> <20130105054741.GC9570@comet.hsd1.mn.comcast.net> <1357404367.3005.0@NeddySeagoon> <1414281.PU2dpYDchm@porto> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 15:29:05 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: WKNDRB9j48id5FlmTyeGgXoO_UY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Attracting developers (Re: Packages up for grabs...) From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 59e082d9-45ca-4d2f-aded-d68547e03873 X-Archives-Hash: 1ef2ef7cea287d50eae1f252f49d02d9 On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Alec Warner wrote: > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >> Even if you're not a business you should care about maintainable solutions. > > I'm sure at the time it was created (12+ years ago) the website looked > pretty maintainable :) Hence the reason we should strongly consider a mainstream CMS. I don't have a problem with somebody wanting to spend a lot of time making something fancy for us - we're all volunteers. The problem is that the satisfaction of having built something new and shiny tends to wear off, and then it ends up having to be maintained by people who could care less how fancy the engine behind it is. Rich