From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD2D8138206 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:50:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ACAE2E0897; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:50:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lf0-x229.google.com (mail-lf0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 330DFE0891 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:50:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf0-x229.google.com with SMTP id e203so15135700lfg.3 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:50:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=n3jhWCew5nVNwBPgvVZe4ylZ+wsc5ydqgFOiej+NLOw=; b=WNf3D5tx8AayyV/OH5RbruMZi2ZkA9EjkEml6xb7GZzxcFQq1LtDvSyHT1g5wChLMr bJ9Y9dU/zpHCd35IrhMHPEGFIIjTbeIjlUcXeRQ72us6IUswR8e/LJO+UsGnHVu1diGW j7lrkgS9GOzIQjjQxlpQUllovwk3L/eSjHIATSpMSNsC6jFnoFBybqKQz9YCtENMuDBD Z0oRLvQ3r4CV9FgtD0EWx73kfMbs04+/Ep5eqmgscZeeNKM2ZxJ5Zhuhw/YkP2v1GqEt IvnSzR87FY6vKNyBsqvXC0Ld/98HM6a9QsW7OaA+BXmaBim5WfgTYccdbVmpvYujEeSI IYwQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=n3jhWCew5nVNwBPgvVZe4ylZ+wsc5ydqgFOiej+NLOw=; b=q9jFNdreGfCeg3LEBU2KPugUi8AFpE45Ba0NA25rgOeeu8mnI1pvHzK5dgsNbMGQaW k/8hDu1AuANo1UcS57hy09FfcYwqNicRs/PQuT9xiwb80RchRtiLVv7RRBewL6/okbQU EcqdrIjz0TZB9fUSH666F7kmmPn6FeniIYX/oyGJKBn1rc3XPF5b8piecLxTxWHFmHQj hKH/xTnoYoPjepTvuOKtMhzLpgIwKiEpU+2u898Zg5WLWaxPfBlBHYvUPTLQcW2OY3er RIULUg+SOBJMX1a11ed8b6+h47NY90NmwdudhMgdtNMDRIpasHBI9nxfHHbNQgaAANjf UsNQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxytdy+15aSB9fKwPhnbQ+o4GPSkMfusZ5uKSF9brBjBZBg4ijYi7d 86MlsAtJLKPjJ8lKpW8tSf2xXTFBi928TURjgzSZvw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotcQtbEKLQ6J8o0OpV6Nu1g246uZz4+9D9+tKxJbxcGI/CnekKY6X9kMWpPmbBibCo1zUJF6ZeCs8tjXmZ+znE= X-Received: by 10.25.23.81 with SMTP id n78mr6367581lfi.130.1516056617978; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:50:17 -0800 (PST) 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 10.46.23.218 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:49:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1685019.DAF74n7IXa@pinacolada> <20180110054855.GA4483@angelfall.a21an.org> <20180110085511.71b42c93@abudhabi.paradoxon.rec> <1515581849.31546.22.camel@gentoo.org> From: Gordon Pettey Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:49:37 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Upcoming posting restrictions on the gentoo-dev mailing list To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: b6dbdbc3-1bda-45fc-8e16-c8011b8ef105 X-Archives-Hash: 839c2b88898ed4539ed3fadb37a71d06 On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 9:09 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 8:26 AM, Tom H wrote: >> >> Gentoo's singling itself itself out as less receptive to its users >> simply because some its developers are too Trumpian to resist arguing >> with people who criticize their work or Gentoo. >> > > Wouldn't it be a bit exclusionary to require prospective developers to > be qualified to be heads of state? > > I'd think that such a thing would discourage users from contributing. Qualifications are subjective. For both groups of people.