On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Rafael Goncalves Martins <rafaelmart...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Rafael Goncalves Martins >> <rafaelmart...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>> Yeah, but I think that there's a big difference about any developer >>> being allowed to create a project under the gentoo umbrella and create >>> a project and claim it as Gentoo sponsored without any review of the >>> council. I agree that it can exists in the Github account, or even in >>> our own infrastructure, but say that Gentoo supports it without a >>> previous analysis of the council is wrong IMHO. >> >> In practice there is no difference. About the only "sponsorship" >> Gentoo projects get most of the time is hosting, and considering that >> they stuck this one on Github they're not really even getting that. >> >> That said, I see no reason why this project would be any less eligible >> for other forms of sponsorship than other projects are, assuming that >> somebody can make a compelling pitch for the Trustees. The Foundation >> is aimed to further Gentoo in particular in FOSS in general, so >> obviously we don't spend a lot on individual projects. When we do it >> tends to be in proportion to how it benefits the entire community, and >> I'm sure that community sentiments would be balanced accordingly. >> However, there aren't "real" projects and "wanna-be" projects in >> Gentoo. >> >> Rich >> > > Hmm, pretty cool! Then I can create a stupid project, put it on gentoo > infra and claim it as being Gentoo sponsored. Good to know, thanks! >
Just to make it clear: I'm not saying that any of the people involved with udev-ng/eudev/whatever, or even the project itself, is stupid. I was just interpreting rich0's answer. Do whatever you people want, I'll stop caring about this topic. Best Regards, -- Rafael Goncalves Martins Gentoo Linux developer http://rafaelmartins.eng.br/
