Marius Mauch wrote:
Do you really think people would voluntarily use it? That's an honest question,
maybe people are fair enough to do it, but I have serious doubts about it. It's
of no use if people have to be told to move threads from -dev to that new list.
Most of what I wrote was tongue-in-cheek, but the point was that -dev is far too
often filled with non-technical issues that ultimately result into flame wars of
the likes that'd humble mighty Troy herself. It is also our primary list for
discussion of all-things gentoo, and so the -dev moniker doesn't even really fit
right now.
By separating the technical and non-technical, and allowing people to
voluntarily subscribe to the -politics one or not (since -dev is basically a
requirement for devship), My hope is that -dev finally gets back on track as
being purely technical. That is, PMS discussions, ebuild additions/removals,
new developer intros, why quoting variables like ${S} is safer than not quoting
them in ebuilds, questions about bash-fu, and so on. These belong on -dev.
The rest, the non-technical, can go elsewhere, IMHO, and people are free to
subscribe to it if they wish to participate in the discussions there or not. I
myself would likely stay off that list, because I care more about technical
things. I live ~30mi outside of the DC Beltway; I get enough politics as it is.
Think about it -- I'm 30mi away from Wolf Blitzer. Scary stuff man.
--Kumba
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"Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands
do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond
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