From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H3iTC-0007uT-Vi for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:34:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l080XOOA018347; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:33:24 GMT Received: from desiato.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l080PbUV013905 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:25:37 GMT Received: from krikkit.digimed.co.uk (krikkit.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id F082CB5D81 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:25:35 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:25:29 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Through the looking glass: Reflections on Gentoo Message-ID: <20070108002529.14cffa09@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070108001543.GA11109@archimedes> References: <20070107235159.cbf19bdd.hilse@web.de> <20070108001543.GA11109@archimedes> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.0-rc3 (GTK+ 2.10.6; powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_tUSdkQanFjoXUxG2lU0mLeb; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 82bfc82e-8926-45c5-8114-5cb46c976672 X-Archives-Hash: effec27bc9f717f8c303a3fd89c6bee0 --Sig_tUSdkQanFjoXUxG2lU0mLeb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 17:15:43 -0700, Justin Findlay wrote: > You won't be bothered by bureacuracy untill the day you discover that > that package you want has been left months ago to fall into ignominious > forgottenness among the thicket of bugzilla ebuild requests or the day > you discover your favorite package hasn't been updated in 2 years and > the herd responsible won't (or can't?) respond to email inquiries. That's not bureaucracy, it's lack of interest or time. Gentoo devs are all volunteers, they work on whatever they have the desire and time to work on. If they don't have time or inclination to work on your favourite project, help them. --=20 Neil Bothwick There are some micro-organisms that exhibit characteristics of both plants and animals. When exposed to light they undergo photosynthesis; and when the lights go out, they turn into animals. But then again, don't we all? --Sig_tUSdkQanFjoXUxG2lU0mLeb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFoY9+um4al0N1GQMRAgBkAJ9aM9rNb1nPWlVIyUP7lqpm6Das4gCguTEi uG2ij9913ywzsYjDTjRMp7E= =YU1v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_tUSdkQanFjoXUxG2lU0mLeb-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list