On 11:41 Fri 26 Jun , Richard Freeman wrote: > However, those who have questioned the wisdom of cirianm as a proxy do > have a point. Technical knowledge alone is not the critiera of a > council member. One needs to be able to build consensus - not that we > need to be strangled by consensus, but we can't afford to rule by edict > either. > > I'm happy that everybody seems to be getting along better, but council > leadership requires maturity, and maturity is reflected by how people > behave over the long haul. Cirianm's best bet to get accepted by the > gentoo devs is to just start working with them - if he works positively > with enough different people (especially those with different opinions) > he'll have no trouble gaining their support. However, that is something > that can take months or years - not weeks to a few months. I might be > willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but that is just me. I'm > not so sure I'd be eager to have him be a proxy if I were on the > council. Sure, I'd be happy to yield my floor time to him if I thought > he had something worth listening to, but a proxy is more than just a > platform to talk - any mailing list subscriber already has that.
Agreed. -- Zhang, Le Gentoo/Loongson Developer http://zhangle.is-a-geek.org 0260 C902 B8F8 6506 6586 2B90 BC51 C808 1E4E 2973
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