Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-12 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:26:18 + (UTC) Xx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I picked this message as the current last in thread to reply to. Please allow me to express my sincere distaste at the hijacking of this retirement announcement thread for (political) profit and/or fun. To the retirees: be

[gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-11 Thread Duncan
Anthony Metcalf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:31:03 +0100: > Patrick Lauer wrote: >> >> If it stops being fun only grumpy old men will do the bare minimum to >> keep things from breaking too badly instead of improving things. Meh. I >> deman

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-11 Thread George Prowse
On 11 Aug 2008, at 14:19, Patrick Lauer wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:51:11 -0700 "Alec Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Despite our best efforts Gentoo is not a fun-loving community where everyone gets along. Actually, I'd say that's a fairly accurate description

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-11 Thread Anthony Metcalf
Patrick Lauer wrote: If it stops being fun only grumpy old men will do the bare minimum to keep things from breaking too badly instead of improving things. Meh. I demand mandatory fun hours twice a week! And a coffee machine. And a pony. Yes! A pony! Being bitten by the Pony is not fun. Pl

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-11 Thread Patrick Lauer
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:51:11 -0700 "Alec Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Despite our best efforts Gentoo is not a fun-loving community where everyone gets along. Actually, I'd say that's a fairly accurate description of the problem. Some people think Gentoo sh

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:51:11 -0700 "Alec Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Despite our best efforts Gentoo is not a fun-loving community where > everyone gets along. Actually, I'd say that's a fairly accurate description of the problem. Some people think Gentoo should primarily be a fun-loving

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-11 Thread David Leverton
2008/8/11 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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'm pre

[gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-11 Thread Steve Long
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 sa

[gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-11 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
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 Gent

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-10 Thread Alec Warner
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 i

[gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-10 Thread Duncan
"Denis Dupeyron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:40:58 +0200: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> They always say that stuff but never bother explaining what the >> direction they wish for actua

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-10 Thread Denis Dupeyron
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. Most of the Gentoo developer population is

[gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2008-08-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
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 mo

[gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2006-11-03 Thread Duncan
Jon Portnoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:15:58 -0500: > I've been mostly inactive for a good while but hanging on mostly for > sentimentality's sake, it's past time for that to stop. > > I mostly only maintain a small handful of ebuilds, I

[gentoo-dev] Re: Retirement

2006-11-03 Thread Christian Faulhammer
Tach Seemant, 0x2B859DE3 (PGP-PK-ID) Seemant Kulleen schrieb: > Wow, this retirement f*cks me up some, I have to say. I'll give you a > better send off on the planet blogs, because for now I'm still reeling > from the news. Hey, you could write a praise for new