On Sat, 2019-09-21 at 14:36 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Our PMS is largely maintained
> by a former dev who many do not get along with.

This is not true.  It is maintained by a few active Gentoo devs,
and by a quick peak last non-Gentoo-dev patch was committed in 2012.
In fact, EAPI 7 has been rejected in Paludis.

>   Our founder isn't
> really involved as a dev but never wanders too far and maintains a
> fairly friendly fork.

'Friendly fork', right.  I guess everyone is welcome to watch and make
his/her own opinion.  However, it doesn't sound like you really have
verified any of those statements.

That's just to correct things.  Now, guys, can we please stay on topic? 
I welcome all your support but of the three replies so far, nobody has
provided any opinion on the proposal in question.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny