From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 851EA1382C5 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2020 19:49:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D3BDE0883; Thu, 4 Jun 2020 19:49:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 28696E0882 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2020 19:49:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] [RFC] Triumvirate in Gentoo From: =?UTF-8?Q?Micha=C5=82_G=C3=B3rny?= To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2020 21:49:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: <3974b063-7f68-470b-9277-71814a7152be@gentoo.org> References: <31f6f5b574e0818a8fca3549e696ea18793c22ab.camel@gentoo.org> <3974b063-7f68-470b-9277-71814a7152be@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-0K2rZNzoqfS0CQHXo453" User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.2 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: 86b62855-c15e-4117-abe2-410bb50a53fa X-Archives-Hash: 8688d4df215cb6883361c1fecfa4ea84 --=-0K2rZNzoqfS0CQHXo453 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2020-06-04 at 13:32 -0400, Adam Feldman wrote: > On 6/4/20 3:15 AM, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: > > Three seems to be a very good number -- on one hand, it's more than one= , > > so the others can stop any single one from getting absolute power. > > On the other, it's small enough for them to be able to actively work > > together and directly establish a common set of goals (i.e. via > > an agreement rather than a majority vote). > >=20 > >=20 > > WDYT? > >=20 >=20 > Hard no from me. >=20 > If several developers band together in the current system, while some > sort of regulatory capture can be achieved, it's limited by the fact > that the regulatory bodies are large enough, and there are several of > them, such that numbers prevent a hostile takeover. >=20 > This proposal reduces the number to 3 individuals. Last thing this > distro needs is 3 close buddies taking over all 3 positions, not > providing and check or balance against one another and having complete > and utter control. >=20 I don't really understand your negativity. You seem to assume that everyone in the distributions means harm to it. Why don't you have more trust in your colleagues? Don't you think they mean the best for Gentoo and are not really interested in 'hostile takeovers'? (I mean, how could you even consider a 'hostile' takeover when we're all Gentoo devs?) --=20 Best regards, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny --=-0K2rZNzoqfS0CQHXo453 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGTBAABCgB9FiEEx2qEUJQJjSjMiybFY5ra4jKeJA4FAl7ZUFVfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEM3 NkE4NDUwOTQwOThEMjhDQzhCMjZDNTYzOUFEQUUyMzI5RTI0MEUACgkQY5ra4jKe JA4GJAf+P9U+A01pWXpPfd7FKSgwq0NCdxFP8BLPj+CEjkFcLhBCk+jx4jI4VwN2 HDPiPK4ypJ/Rjw2OFvCcRVZ9kfH5e2dbcjErefZsh6shjCVIGfRJL22wxiRmoIF/ mU611aScKUBvasn/WtXztivi40qkJ7Yzf+Y1bVoSmUJuGLntpBj+XPBfd6iYCyCJ j/kO0bdeRMkODFzgW58F+xiVOoP3yZsk0rvO/pkE8s+BL9DjjEmTRjaemBcmeN2y W6qrxHV3HeA9FqU7ZuaRrQTjSqAhtK7T5rocrR6jWYv6jGwawzbhLoOP+jHoX1cb CxBgRpLc6NtGm9XmwdfARiwn1ksB2Q== =Z+qI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0K2rZNzoqfS0CQHXo453--