On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Alexander Berntsen <berna...@gentoo.org> wrote: > If you mean that we should go with what is currently popular, then > that would be Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and to a lesser degree > Ubuntu. But I'm not sure what that mental exercise affords us. I am > more concerned with how we can make Gentoo better, and how we can grow > and evolve as a distro. I don't think Gentoo as it exists today will > continue to be a success in 2025. From a user POV I already think that > Gentoo is likely not the best distro choice for me. But instead of > immediately abandoning ship like other developers have, I want Gentoo > to improve.
If you think Exherbo is better for you, then you should probably use/work on Exherbo instead. I would tend to agree with those who have written that coordinating work across repos is kind of a pain. The way we're currently setup, with a largish active "core" repository and lots of little satellites seems to work pretty well. We should always invest in ways to make it easier to contribute work, and to become a dev, and I would not be opposed to integrating layman/repositories.xml a bit more, but I don't think your stated goal of totally decentralizing our ebuild tree will make Gentoo better. Cheers, Dirkjan
