On Saturday 07 October 2006 4:19 pm, Tim Yamin wrote: > All, > > I'm afraid that I find that my position with Gentoo is no longer > tenable. Over the past year and especially over the past few months > the ability to keep Gentoo a coherent and smooth environment has been > eroded and hindered at practically every opportunity by bad decisions, > staff, and in some cases, downright incompetence.
Which is all the more reason to stay on and work toward being in a position to change things. If all the competent people leave, then who's left to run things? Although I've stayed in the background for some time now, I have been watching the direction that Gentoo is taking. I'm not at the point where I think Gentoo (as a community) is a lost cause. Far from it. But I do think that the Gentoo community has lacked some focus and direction in the past couple of years. Certainly, individual projects have focused on the core goals they have. And that's a great thing. But it seems that there a lack of cohesive strategy at higher levels. Gentoo management has become watered down and less effective. Here's where I'm probably going to draw out the typically trolls who think it's their way or the highway, but let me preface my next comment by saying that I have the utmost respect for those who are working within the current management framework. However, I think the Gentoo council-- as the top level of the management structure-- consistently fails the Gentoo community in the area of focus and vision. A project the size of Gentoo needs a leader, not just a governing council. Someone who embodies the vision of the distribution and provides management focus. While some of you may disagree, I believe the Gentoo community had that focus under drobbins. I'm not saying that we install Daniel as the supreme dictator of Gentoo. I'm just saying that /someone/ should be elected as "the buck stops here" guy (or girl). A person who decides what the goals are for the distribution and (at a high level) manages the development to that end. Someone who has the authority to say "no". The council would act as an advising board to that person, but this leader would have the power to decide what the priorities are in Gentoo. Of course, that person should be someone who is well respected within the community and active on a daily basis with development. So obviously, I'm not nominating myself. :-) I think the 2006 Gentoo Council results[1] represent a really good cross-section of people who would do a fine job. However, I think the Gentoo lead should be a seperate entity. Thoughts, comments? This is not an attempt to start an argument or flamewar. These are frank, sincere comments from a concerned developer. Anyway, I'm sorry to see you go plasmaroo. I can understand your frustration. But it's a shame that good developers feel that their only recourse is to resign. -- Jason Huebel Gentoo Developer GPG Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9BA9E230 "Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand." Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677) [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/voting-logs/council-2006-results.txt -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
