Daniel Campbell wrote: > On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 12:18:04AM +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > > I'd like to establish the following changes to the mailing lists: > > > > 1. Posting to gentoo-dev@ and gentoo-project@ mailing lists will be > > initially restricted to active Gentoo developers. > > I don't think this plan will have the effect you're going for,
I agree, and I'll double down on my previous comment on this proposal: I consider the proposal to be the wrong solution. > but let's be honest here: the "RFC" is just a formality; the decision's > already been made. I hope that a mere proposal doesn't automatically mean policy change. > If the "real leaders" of Gentoo want to divide and fragment the > community, it's their prerogative. When there is a request for comments, there should also be comments. :) Far too many fall into the simple trap that is tribalism, and I'd like to encourage everyone on this list to not be that kind of person, because there really is no "us and them", there is only "us". > As we tell users who do something they're not supposed to: You get > to keep the pieces. Well, let's see what happens, now that both developers and non-developers have clearly spoken out *against* this proposal. Kind regards //Peter
