From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 781351381F3 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:07:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CDB04E0A81; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:07:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ea0-f178.google.com (mail-ea0-f178.google.com [209.85.215.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 09DB5E0A65 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:07:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f178.google.com with SMTP id l15so2212621eak.9 for ; Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:07:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jUowusrU7QrflyDCg7Go3OAW1dak4Wka4ZRveSq/f00=; b=ElY2rMt/Egk5rMS8qkhN7u542oQL6ONHNysugDMJF7uO2MraF+K+9CHGsXdzq/e8NX e2CAqJPxNNznBZ0j+j8yJpsKhsKYXakjsGXb3tMRdbRfrnzPt22eV3NsRZRuib4WoViK ecnEQdTp9VGIOxHeJ1Cq9hbI3NYQshbzd749tjrVWwVBZxQ7A1fi5LGpaSdSChwIm+fd rUL3T3E5k1THUuiIG4tzgusubUVUYDO7Bqi/eMNTA5PXuXLpjFMZ6WSWM5jfPQ6UCSGc BVMnQybIzO2W5lTk9GYFNmbVbTymbUoKwpJFA9kLUgaBIe9hNAte0mZGJfGKEfCflEGO ItUw== X-Received: by 10.14.246.197 with SMTP id q45mr22154692eer.15.1372694856319; Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:07:36 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: arunissatan@gmail.com Received: by 10.15.68.133 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 09:06:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <51BF597B.6060600@gentoo.org> <51CF1759.10903@gentoo.org> <51CF4529.7010307@gentoo.org> <51D011C1.2040606@gentoo.org> <20130630185215.GA968@linux1> <1372625765.17485.18.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <20130701005911.GA1936@linux1> <51D14CC1.9080500@gentoo.org> <51D1650F.5070305@gentoo.org> From: Arun Raghavan Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 21:36:56 +0530 X-Google-Sender-Auth: i8CHDPKDGLmxfPK9uBoPGR0mDW8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Questions for Candidates (was: Questioning/Interviewing council nominees) To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4fd31131-9116-411b-97c2-ee9544c40635 X-Archives-Hash: 2a3b5a095063b09bc1b1b17a23a4c066 On 1 July 2013 17:06, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Ch=C3=AD-Thanh Christopher Nguy=E1=BB=85n > wrote: >> >> I wrote in a previous message that I would reconsider my position if the >> amount of forked packages grew to unmanageable proportions. But until >> then, if the kids cannot get along they shall play on separate playgroun= ds. > > As far as I'm concerned, kids who can't get along can go play > someplace else. If you want your own apache ebuild that can't be > touched by anybody but you, that's what overlays are for. > > Don't like that, please don't vote for me. I have no issues with real > alternate implementations (openrc vs systemd, udev vs eudev, > consolekit vs logind, alsa sorta-vs pulseaudio, etc). However, > projects that discuss their plans openly, embrace our philosophy of > choice, and which properly support their work to our quality standards > will be able to take dumps on your packages if you put them in the > main tree and there is nothing you'll be able to do about it. Call it > tyranny of the majority if it makes you happier, but a distro that > gives every developer veto-power over any change is destined for > extinction. Innovation will always come from individual developers; > the role of the Council is not to try to mandate innovation, but to > get the roadblocks out of the way so that it can flourish. > Well said. Thank you for putting this down and taking a definitive stance once this. -- Arun Raghavan http://arunraghavan.net/ (Ford_Prefect | Gentoo) & (arunsr | GNOME)