On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:58:26AM -0800, Grant wrote: > Every user does add to the distro because they make it more popular, > and, generally, a more popular distro will have more active developers > than an unpopular distro. Active developers make the distro. For > example, I submitted this bug about a mod_perl-2.0.3 version bump on > 11-28-06, and there hasn't even been a reply yet: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157239 > > One way or another, this is a (big) problem of not enough active > developers. Gentoo needs more users so it can get more active > developers so we can get a better Gentoo and a continually up-to-date > Gentoo. We very well may have to adapt to survive.
Well if it means anything... I think we should modify portage to allow for a decentralized distribution. I'd like to see the "herd" like groupings to be the normal method of operation with pockets of users informally banding together into their own herds. This of course would be facilitated by software. If you think about it, most of the Gentoo infrastructure "ideas" could be replicated in an informal fashion. We'd always want the cathedral as a reference point but if it was destroyed tomorrow I'd like things to continue running. As for your bug, I guess I would have liked to have typed, $ equery comments mod_perl and seen information about that bug you posted. If I knew something about the problem I'd type $ equery bug mod_perl comment "I'm having this same issue. Issue was solved by \ X. Pushed modified ebuild into the University Computer Science System \ Administrators Herd and the WebFarm Herd." Brandon -- Brandon Edens [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brandonedens.org key 0x55438F48
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