Re: [gentoo-user] Daniel Robbins' come back ?

[Eddie Mihalow Jr <eamjr56@bellsouth.net>]

Naga Toro wrote:
> On Sunday 13 January 2008 17.31.20 Eddie Mihalow Jr wrote:
>> Naga Toro wrote:
>>> On Sunday 13 January 2008 15.33.28 Eddie Mihalow Jr wrote:
>>>> Naga Toro wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday 13 January 2008 15.07.57 Eddie Mihalow Jr wrote:
>>>>>> I guess you don't get the point of being also in a flame war with a
>>>>>> ex-dev who although very bright lacks in all the social skills. I read
>>>>>> the thread of these two going at it and hell, I wanted to leave. Who
>>>>>> needs the grief of listening to that crap from some a**hole who LEFT
>>>>>> the project. Give me a break.
>>>>> That would be two a**holes in that discussion. If you read it you would
>>>>> know that may devs tried to correct drobbins but that he couldn't
>>>>> accept the fact that he wasn't the chief anymore and that things have
>>>>> changed since he left.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure that the best guy to run Gentoo is a guy who wants to be
>>>>> THE chief and not one of the community.
>>>> First D Robbins created Gentoo.
>>> Yeah so? He created Gentoo and then moved on. Thus leaving in the same
>>> sense or more since he didn't keep contributing, as the other dev did.
>>>
>>>> Second what part of ex-dev don't you understand.
>>> Point being?
>>>
>>>> If you are an ex-dev you shouldn't even be in the discussion period.
>>> As both of them where.
>> Evidently you are new to Gentoo. D Robbins was broke after starting
>> Gentoo and working on it day and night
>> and  trying to support a family he needed money. You can't live on
>> nothing. Get it now?
>> He was the dev that created Gentoo not just another dev.
> 
> Back then yes. (and no I'm not new to Gentoo, been using it for years and been 
> an official part of since about 3/4 of a year)
> 
>> Ciaran is a smart dev, but he was only a dev. He quit of his own
>> volition due to the disagreement with other
>> devs as to the direction of Portage. Fine, but don't come back on
>> gentoo-dev and start a bunch of sh**. If you don't like the way things
>> are done start your own distro! Don't come back and crap all over
>> everyone's hard work.
> 
> About Ciarans people skills I agree they are none to slim, but the points he 
> makes are valid and since this is an open project he has every right to voice 
> his opinion.
> 
I agree 100% with what you said. I hope that something good will come 
out of this.
I also have been using Gentoo for a long time and would hate to see this 
just
disintegrate to nothing. Gentoo is the best and flexible distro out there.

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Edward A Mihalow Jr
Mudbug Computers and Networks
Gentoo! Linux
Registered Linux User#225662
New Orleans,LA
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