Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo as a team effort

[Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@gentoo.org>]

On 06/15/13 14:30:55, Markos Chandras wrote:
> On 15 June 2013 12:50, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Is Gentoo really a loose association of individualists who care
> about nothing
> > but their own stuff, and give a $(/%& about users or the
> distribution as a
> > whole?
> >
> 
> Gentoo is not a regular distribution. It is a meta-distribution. This
> is because of the nature of the packages and the project structure.
> What this means is that each project/herd is a well-defined,
> independent, sell-contained entity which deals with a subject of
> packages. Each project is free to do whatever it wants to do, without
> having to justify its actions to anyone. 
[snip]
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang
> 

I'll have a wee nibble here.
Before the council, there were the irregular meetings of the Top Level 
Project (TLP) leads. These meetings became so irregular, they 
eventually to all intents and purposes, ceased.  These meeting resolved 
the cross project issues.

Council was formed on the same basis.  Their terms of reference state 
that they are to arbitrate on matters brought to them, which inferrs 
that proactive leardship is not permitted.  Maybe that needs to be 
changed.


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