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

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:50 AM, 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?
>
> Because that's the impression I recently get on the mailing list, and I'm not
> really sure if it's worthwhile putting any more effort into it then.

Some may say so, but the reality is that it has always been a united
effort - just not one in which everybody has a mailstop.

Honestly, I've only seen 2-3 devs really digging in their feet over
systemd units, and that isn't going to cause a total meltdown.  It
seems like the general problem of over possessive maintainers is more
widespread.  That manifests itself in a million papercuts that tend to
drive individuals nuts but we've generally weathered them.  I think
the solution there is a functioning devrel or other disciplinary body
with a faster time constant but lower amplitude.

Rich