On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 19:05 -0400, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > I think the idea is being taken the wrong way. Why would you think you > were second class?
Because this is where the development of the Gentoo Linux distribution
is discussed.
I'm not a Gentoo dev either, but I manage to make my own little
contributions here and there. I guess that's why I'm speaking at the
Gentoo UK conference tomorrow.
There is no point in being subscribed to a community list if you can't
participate in the discussions.
I'm with Brian. If this goes through, I shall be moving on.
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 17:43 -0400, Seemant Kulleen wrote:
> My only comment for now is: why not just make -core read only, but
> public, and leave -dev as it is? That way we don't have to muck around
> with deprecating lists and introducing new ones.
Hear, hear.
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 15:43 -0700, Chrissy Fullam wrote:
> The moderation of -dev would be done by any developer who saw fit to release
> the email sent from a non-dev.
The world over, compulsory moderation of otherwise public lists stifles
conversation. Typically it is weeks, not hours, before someone gets
around to glancing at the awaiting-approval queue, with the result that
even if a message is approved it appears in the thread long after the
issue was raised and far to late to be a useful contribution to the
discussion.
Open Source is about lowering barriers to entry and encouraging broader
participation. You don't want to go this way.
AfC
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