On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 08:42 -0500, Lance Albertson wrote:
> > Please guys,
> > 
> > Gentoo is made for users too. Don't be overly protective, but find honour 
> > in the fact that he chooses to use gentoo and the installer project to 
> > base his work on. You should help him, and inquire what the project is 
> > about. If he finishes you might even ask whether you can showcase it. 
> > Possibly even leading to an article on newsforge (or other newssite) 
> > leading for POSITIVE publicity for gentoo. Not kick people out of IRC 
> > channels only if they don't agree with you. And indeed the GPL does not 
> > make you release the spec file. The open nature of gentoo should.
> 
> Its sad. This is the second time I've hear of folks going into the
> installer channel asking them about things/offering help and
> suggestions, then getting kicked and flamed. It has certainly put a
> black eye on the installer project from my point of view. Seems like
> they are more afraid of someone else coming up with a better idea that
> having an *open* view on the project.

Great.  Shouldn't this be on the Installer list?  This really has
nothing to do with the Release Engineering team or Release Engineering
in general.

Thanks...

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux