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 6BF23138E20 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:43:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB8CFE0ADA; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:43:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BC3BE0ACB for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:43:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C56133F923 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:43:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.467 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.467 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.913, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.552, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id D0wPkc4E38k0 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:43:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A6A133F6D6 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:43:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WGGnX-0004g0-B3 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:43:27 +0100 Received: from ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.22.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:43:27 +0100 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:43:27 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Thank you Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:43:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.140 (Chocolate Salty Balls; GIT 7ca9c6c /usr/src/portage/src/egit-src/pan2) X-Archives-Salt: 9d9a1c2a-7771-4d51-a3e6-5d3abcf38918 X-Archives-Hash: 5f665af6c1482e11359c9cdb437c79ae Canek Peláez Valdés posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:30:10 -0600 as excerpted: > TL;DR, this is basically just a THANK YOU to the Gentoo devs, so > you can go on your daily business if you don't want to read the rest of > it. No biggie. Along these same lines... Who helps your Linux distribution run smoothly? Thank a packager today http://opensource.com/business/14/2/thank-a-linux-packager-today Quoting... In many cases, the process of packaging uncovers issues with the package that require the upstream developers to make changes and adjustments. A packager also works in close coordination with other packagers in the same Linux distribution because many packages have dependencies on other packages or provide services for other packages, making it vital that the community of packagers coordinate their updates to ensure the consistency of the final Linux distribution. As Linux users, it is often easy to forget (disregard?) how much work goes into the creation and maintenance of a Linux distribution. [...] After having learned the ropes of Linux packaging, and having seen first hand the dedication of this community, I developed a great deal of respect and appreciation for their work. Now, every time I install a package [...] I pause and think: "Thank you to the person who spent many hours configuring and building this application so that I didn’t have to." End quote. So here I am. Thanks! =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman