On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:49:39 +0100 Wernfried Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 09:58:50PM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > > * The wrong idea of what the user base is, and what the target > > > > user base is. Gentoo's direction is too heavily influenced by a > > > > small number of extremely noisy ricer forum users, many of whom > > > > don't even run Gentoo. Unfortunately, this self-perpetuating > > > > clique wields huge amounts of influence. > > > > > > I was certain that Gentoo's direction was influenced by the people > > > working on Gentoo; not ricers. Do you have any examples of when > > > the ricers changed the direction of things in Gentoo. > > > > Sunrise is the canonical example. Also consider the way the forums > > are being run (like it or not, the forums are taken by many to be > > representative of Gentoo's user base)... > > Drop your theories about the forums from this list please, it's > really far OT and creating a quite unproductive atmosphere.
Well no, that's the point. If we're discussing Gentoo's problems, as some people wish, we might as well discuss them... It's hardly a sane way of approaching things to say "Ok, we're having an honest discussion about how to fix Gentoo, but you can't talk about x, y or z"... -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org Web : http://ciaranm.org/ Paludis, the secure package manager : http://paludis.pioto.org/
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