Well, it's not exactly parallel, Collin. In the Stampede case Dan had support and direction from management in what he was to do but there were some lower level developers that were trying to mold his work into their image, despite the fact his mission statement was otherwise. The mangers chose not to address this issue so Dan left rather than put up with the hassle. A closer parallel might be the issue with the Sorcemage and lunar spilt someone else mentioned.
Well, not everyone in the world can be in on the decision making - it's impossible to put even just all the developers in a decision making postion - even the Gentoo spinoff won't do that since he's forming a group to lead it. Sometimes a project doesn't go in the direction we want or feel it should - that's life. The leaders of the project are following a path as they see meeting the visions of the project. If it gets to bad there is the option to leave and start one's own venture as this guy did. However, what raises a big red flag to me is the announcement was not just "Hey, I'm interested in embedded Linux systems and want to put Gentoo in them so I'm starting a fork - see www.blahblah.url for details. Anyone interested let me know." Instead he had to include a long explanation of the gory details which makes me as - is he really just interested in embedded Gentoo or what axe is he grinding? As I said - a simple "I'm starting a fork" would have sufficed. Yes, we may leave a project with hurt feelings - that's normal when we invest a lot in something but we don't need to cause ill feelings. > On 28 Jun 2003 12:57:02 +0200 > Martin Schlemmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ snipps ] > > > people, etc for own personal riches with OS is wrong. > > Don't get me wrong. I love gentoo, and I think that both parties in the > Welch/Robbins dispute (and you as well, Martin) have contributed > immensely to Open Source. One of the principle reasons that I (and > others) might choose to whine is this. Based on the published material, > Dan's reason for leaving the Stampede team sounds almost identical to > Zach's reason for leaving the Gentoo team. Both found themselves in an > environment where they could contribute but effectively have little or > nothing to say in the direction of the project. This is a sad state of > affairs, and, as you can see, leads to harsh feelings all around. -- Brett I. Holcomb AKA Grunt <>< -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
