Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Questions for Candidates (was: Questioning/Interviewing council nominees)

[William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>]

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On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 07:18:49AM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
> <chithanh@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Yes, cooperation is better. But the method how to achieve cooperation is
> > convincing through arguments, not forcing changes against the wishes of the
> > maintainer.
> 
> There we disagree.  Maintaining a package is a privilege conditioned
> on using that power in alignment with our philosophies, not a right.
> I wouldn't force the maintainer to actively support any particular
> config, but I wouldn't allow them to actively interfere with the
> properly-supported work of any project.  I'll leave it at that - many
> will agree, many will disagree.  I'm going to be completely up-front
> about my beliefs here, and I'm eager to see how the majority view is
> reflected in votes in the hope that the community can pick one
> direction and start moving in it either way.

I'm going to agree with Rich. Maintaining a package in Gentoo is a
privilege; not a right. Maintainers do not own the packages; we as a
distribution own them. Packages should be maintained in a manor that is
in line with the gentoo philosophy.

William


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