On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > So you consider it acceptable to remove the user's ability to use > packages and dependencies of those packages because of some personal > dislikes? > It should not be personal dislikes. Such a strong position should be well considered by the ones responsible. Making things personal is highly unprofessional and would hopefully lead to many developers leaving.
> What gives Gentoo the right to screw over users in such a manner? Gentoo is gentoo. As a developer I like to think that we keep long term user interests at heart. I also know that I mainly do things out of my own desire. I don't go out looking for users to find out what they want. I look at what I want. (And yes that includes an improved/replaced package manager) What I really don't want however is anyone strongholding gentoo. If it is hurting gentoo to reject the contributions of someone, the situation has already gotten out of hand. I don't believe that people are that irreplaceable. Even if they are, that is something that is damaging to the projects continuity. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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