From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JEIR9-0004PV-Ow for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:04:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA716E0EFA; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:04:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (mail-out1.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.71]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED33FE0EF7 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.16.0.52] (ppp246-231.static.internode.on.net [203.122.246.231]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1115149246 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:04:19 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ? From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200801140735.40027.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <1200129071.4788842fc5816@imp.free.fr> <200801131651.59648.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <200801140735.40027.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:34:10 +0930 Message-Id: <1200290650.12613.51.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4b8e7492-7e77-416c-866c-eea463acc0c6 X-Archives-Hash: 7e11de84d9d909d9f4fe08f154e603c5 On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 07:35 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > the situation will resolve that same way these things have always been > resolved, by one of these or a combination: > > a. a strong leader emerges with a vision and takes over > b. a strong leader emerges with a vision and forks > c. common sense prevails and everyone comes to their senses > d. a hidden bad egg goes away or dies and suddenly everything calms down > e. the project dies and nothing replaces it I think you just foretold the end of the universe too... [snip] > But he does have a plan, and thus far seems to be the only one > *with*a*plan*. Let's hear what he has to say and respond accordingly. Baldrick had a plan, and look where that got him. But then he wasn't exactly the visionary leader... Anyway, from what it seems from Slashdot, DRobbins' blog, and f.g.o there is overwhelming user support for him to return (of course there are some users against the idea). But what about the "devs"? The support for DR seems to be less enthusiastic as you rise further up the gentoo hierarchy. But then if he is blocked at the critical trustee level, then either b. will happen, or he'll just return to the background... -- Iain Buchanan Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list