Let's step back a minute, and consider *WHY* non-developers feel the need to join this list in the first place. Do you remember the acrimony after the decision to not officially support a separate /usr without initramfs? A lot of people who complained on the Gentoo-User list were bluntly told that the devs hadn't heard much objection, and that they should've expressed their opinion on *THIS* list *BEFORE* the final decision was made. This reminds me of a quote from The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy...
"But the plans were on display..." "On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them." "That's the display department." "With a flashlight." "Ah, well, the lights had probably gone." "So had the stairs." "But look, you found the notice, didn't you?" "Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'." I'd really rather not have to follow an additional list which includes a lot of very technical items and patches that are over my head. But after the separate /usr fiasco, I don't feel I have any choice. If we could have a guarantee of proposed changes like that being posted on Gentoo-User for comment, rather than being sprung on users by surprise, I'd be willing to sign off this list. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
