On 05:04 Thu 29 Nov , Duncan wrote: > Leave it to ciarnm to be so direct, amusing tho it is, but that pretty > much nails it. I've seen it said by some that Gentoo's no longer "fun". > I disagree but honestly, ask yourself if there's a better way to ruin the > fun remaining than by instituting policies so nebulous they simply /beg/ > for argument over their application. The idea sounds so nice, something > everybody should be able to agree to in principle, but that's precisely > the problem, there's no specifics, so no practical way to tell where or > how it applies, or what changes (if any) it would bring. Pardon my > saying so but at least in the US, it's the season of politics, and we're > seeing a lot of this vague "big stroke" pie in the sky painting right > now. Unlike most of those, there's a chance with this one to get it > nailed down to the point it's actually practical.
In fact, I believe exactly the opposite. What we want to create are basic philosophies to guide us. Nailing down a million tiny details is what makes things not fun, and what makes them impossible to learn. We're not trying to write a specification here, we're trying to come up with a set of guidelines that people could actually learn and remember. Thanks, Donnie -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
