Ben de Groot wrote:

In my opinion it is in the best interest of Gentoo at this point to
ignore Exherbo and to silence those people involved with Exherbo that
have been so divisive and generated so much conflict in Gentoo channels.


Nobody needs to be silenced (unless they're litereally spamming the list - as close as cirianm comes to this his posts are at least relevant to the topic and even if I sometimes disagree with them and he could exercise restraint I don't think he should be banned). I suspect most devs just avoid the drama.

I do echo the sentiment that the Gentoo council should be focused on Gentoo. Sure, nothing wrong with cooperating with other projects and learning from them. Certainly I don't want a not-invented-here attitude, and I think paludis has a lot to offer.

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.

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