-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Duncan wrote: > Not to sound harsh, but...
[snip the "we're just volanteers" argument] All F/OSS projects (even Linux with its numerous corporate sponsors) are, at their core, volanteer projects. Yet the good ones still manage to build peer review into their development process. What I see with Gentoo is this 'cathedral' being built where only those folks who have been 'approved' or 'blessed' as being l33t enough are allowed to review the code and actually cause a positive change when some bug is found. If you believe Chris Gianelloni's argument, then only those blessed developers who are also blessed by a particular group within Gentoo are allowed. Eventually the meritocracy degrades into a popularity contest. What I want is for Gentoo to be more of a 'bazaar' where anyone with a good idea gets listened to and anyone with a good patch gets their name in the credits. Yes this is a volanteer distribution. That's a blessing, not a curse! That means that you DON'T HAVE DEADLINES. You can take the time to do it right instead of just 'code it up, test it once, and pray it really works'. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDB7/I2QTTR4CNEQARAirCAJ9V+MDjb4gAhWInpaodKeRVp6uNhQCeLfqh K4D6MJE2g0m7F4ALEoa2siY= =Nt9Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
