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

["Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@gentoo.org>]

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hasufell schrieb:
>> Thank you, I accept. My manifesto: 
>> http://dev.gentoo.org/~chithanh/council/manifesto-201306.txt
> 
> Do you think package forks or split-packages for single files would 
> improve user experience?
> 
> What should be our _priority_? Keeping devs happy or keeping users
> happy?

Running Gentoo requires our users to make informed decisions all the time.
As long as the forked or split packages are accompanied with documentation
describing straightforward ways how to make use of them, I do not see any
significant degradation of user experience.

About keeping devs happy vs. keeping users happy: I think that everyone of
us has an idea of what Gentoo is and what it isn't.

Is Gentoo a distribution for users who refuse to read documentation and
expect a one-click install? Hardly. Yet sometimes, I encounter users in
#gentoo / #gentoo-ten on freenode IRC, who just booted the LiveDVD or
InstallCD, and ask how to start the installer. They often leave
disappointed when we inform them that Gentoo installation has to be done
manually.

This may be an extreme example, but I think that while making users happy
is a good thing, there are limits on how far we go to cater for certain
users. Deciding where this limit is I see in the responsibility of each
individual package maintainer. If you think that a developer does not do
enough to keep a particular group of users happy, present to him your case
and encourage him to make the necessary changes.


Best regards,
Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
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