Here is an excerpt from an email I have sent to a friend some time ago. Who he is (obviously a Gentoo developer) and what the context was is of no importance. I thought some of you may find it inspirational.
[…] What I did that day wasn’t and still isn’t in any rulebook. It might even have been considered by some as interventionism, and I’m sure some complained about it in my back. But it had to be done and was done in a nice and jolly manner. We all cheered, drank and laughed.
My point is the following. Stop hiding behind rules and processes. Whatever it is, do it for the hell of it, because it has to be done and is what is good for Gentoo. Do it because it’s fun. Do it because you’ll end up helping people and pleasing them. But do it, don’t hide like you were hiding that day […]
Hello!guy,but ,what the hell it is?What is it in your words that good for gentoo?I love gentoo, so i care what the hell is.
I believe this might be a reference to the tightened set of rules and regulations for contributing to gentoo that has recently scared away some of the few active developers who work on gentoo.
Nice try but no. 🙂 And as I said the context is completely irrelevant.
Why?If they are already gentoo “active” developers, why the rules or regulations scared them ? Or do you mean fresh developers are hard to take part in the gentoo development?
I wrote “hiding behind rules” meaning developers too often use them to, consciously or not, justify their inactivity or procrastination.