On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Rafael Goncalves Martins <rafaelmart...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Rafael Goncalves Martins >> 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. >
However, your interpretation is perfectly correct - from GLEP 39: Note that this GLEP does not provide for a way for the community at large to block a new project, even if the comments are wholly negative. Arguably if somebody wants to be disruptive they can accomplish a lot more by trolling the lists than by starting projects. Judging by the general traffic on -dev, I'd say that everybody figured that out a long time ago. Oh, while anybody can start a project, the fact is that they all still fall under either the Council or Trustees, and they must abide by the policies set by both. Developers who cause trouble are still subject to Devrel. As somebody pointed out to me in email - the barriers to becoming a dev are high, but once you're in you have fairly free reign. I'd like to think that most of us would use that for the benefit of the community. What I can tell you for sure is that no amount of rules or bureaucracy is going to solve people problems - at best they just stifle them, and everything else. Rich
