* The repeated abuse of silly phrases like "Gentoo is about choice",
"Gentoo is about the community" and "Gentoo should be about fun" to
attempt to rationalise insane policy decisions. Choice, community and
fun are all very well, but without a quality distribution they're
worthless. The primary goal should be a good distribution, with the
rest as things that come about as a result.
See I tend to disagree somewhat here. Quality is good, I don't think
anyone will argue against that (I mean how could you!). However I don't
think quality comes from frustrated developers. I believe that keeping
developers happy and sane (ergo having fun) has a positive affect on
quality. I also think that our community (both users and devs) is
probably our best asset. I think sacrificing that great community for
quality is a mistake. Luckily quality and community generally aren't at
odds most of the time.
I'm not sure that differs much from the meaning I interpreted from
Ciaran's point. I don't believe he is discounting "Choice, community
and fun" as much as he is saying that without a good distribution these
are irrelevant. So, to quote from the two of you, the primary goal
should be a good distribution (quality is good), in order to keep
developers happy and sane.
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Warwick Bruce Chapman
