Alec Warner wrote:
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Donnie Berkholz wrote:
On 00:26 Mon 11 Aug , Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
My retirement is probably long overdue as I haven't really been active
for several months. It is now clear to me that Gentoo is not moving in the
direction I had wished for and the last council election indicates that most
current Gentoo developers appear to be satisfied with this current
direction. Therefore farewell. If anybody wants to reach me I can be reached
at bo.andresen at zlin.dk.
Adios guys, and thanks for all the work you've put into Gentoo while you
were here! Best of luck on your future endeavors.
They always say that stuff but never bother explaining what the direction
they wish for actually is. As a user I get the impression that there's some
kind of evil Cabal.
Despite our best efforts Gentoo is not a fun-loving community where
everyone gets along.
If you want to call the fact that the majority of developers want to
go in direction 'X' a cabal; then so be it.
Many folks are happy at the current pace of development. I imagine
these two folks were frustrated at the lack
of new features in the ebuild spec that were readily available in
kdebuild-1 and decided to move on. More power to them I say.
I must apologize for using the word "Cabal". I don't know the
developers who resigned at all, nor do I have any clue about the reasons
they departed. Leaving with a "Gentoo is not going in the direction I
want" is equivalent to "Gentoo is going in the wrong direction" and
makes the resignation sound political. I don't get why anyone would
resign because of the ebuild spec, but anyway. Resignations in general
don't tend to be too honest. "I'm bored dudes, farewell" would probably
be perfectly fine.
