On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 12:31:21PM +0100, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Stating that the influence of the MC is demotivating is in my opinion > quite exaggerated. Who else feels that way?
I'm not sure if it's demotivating, but I've also been surprised about the decisions that somehow ended up on MC's table. I was quite busy during the period of time where the discussion that led to the creation of the MOTU council was going on, so I didn't have time to follow it quite as closely as I would have liked, but I was definitely under the impression that their main purpose was appointment of new MOTU's. Reading up on things now (the charter, the description on Launchpad, etc.) it seems I'm mistaken. Hm.. On the one hand, it's much like most other governance in Ubuntu, ie. meritocracy, which has served us well so far, so it fits in well in the grander scheme of things. On the other hand, in this particular case, the decision of the MC can directly affect the workload of a herd of volunteers. Those volunteers can choose to accept the extra workload and support these experimental packages or they can refuse to do so and essentially see their baby (the universe component of Ubuntu), which I expect most of us are pretty darn proud of, deteriorate. Not having a direct say in this decision can very well be demotivating. Every time my editor opens a C++ file, a kitten dies, so I tend to steer clear of KDE stuff anyway, so it's not particularly demotivating for me, but I can understand if others feel otherwise. -- | Soren Hansen | Linux2Go | http://Linux2Go.dk/ | | Seniorkonsulent | Lindholmsvej 42, 2. TH | +45 46 90 26 42 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 9400 Norresundby, Denmark | GPG key: E8BDA4E3 |
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
-- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
