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 D65BE1389E2 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 02:14:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 65E78E0A59; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 02:14:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from andre.telenet-ops.be (andre.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FAF9E08B8 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 02:13:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([81.82.224.54]) by andre.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id Y2Dx1p00G1B2MtM012Dxfq; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 03:13:57 +0100 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 03:13:42 +0100 From: Tom Wijsman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: wireless@tampabay.rr.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ? Message-ID: <20141226031342.0000638e@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: References: <5470D229.7000806@tampabay.rr.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 38347b66-d13d-4fb3-bc69-e74537cc3c0b X-Archives-Hash: 4e5c9fc81a59e4123c7d08bbdcaa5ca5 On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:56:36 -0500 Rich Freeman wrote: > I think the real problem is that there aren't many devs who care about > Java in the first place. That isn't a policy problem - it is a > manpower problem. +1 In the past two years, I've committed much to the Java categories. That grows an idea of Java's size, the manpower and what can('t) be done ... There are BARELY policies, roadblocks or whatsoever in the way; Java is just a HUGE amount of packages and the manpower they have for it is TINY. If people want to guarantee a future for Java, it is a matter of multiple people stepping up to assure it. Because the one frequent committer and the multiple infrequent committers that are left, might keep a small part alive of it for as long as they can make it last. They'll probably continue to support famous apps with Java components; but to be attractive to much more apps and areas like Java development in general, they will need much more people to make it alive 'n kicking.