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List:       userlinux-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Discuss] To the supporters of UserLinux
From:       Gregory Scott Bledsoe <GregoryScott () thingsbledsoe ! com>
Date:       2003-12-21 15:33:31
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Recently Linus ruled by fiat that the ide-scsi masking for the use of
cdrecord with ide drives was in his opinion "dumb" and wasn't going to
be supported anymore.  This made a vocal group very unhappy.  So it
happens from time to time in all "community projects."

The fallout will settle, life will go on.

Greg Bledsoe

On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 04:20, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
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> On Sunday 21 December 2003 01:44, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > Is this what once was the "linux community" ?
> 
> yes, it is... the community is free to route around what it perceives to be
> problems... there have been decisions made in other projects that not
> everybody agreed on, and those that didn't agree worked on addressing that..
> gcc/egcs, emacs/xemacs, KDE/GNOME all come to mind.
> 
> on the kde-debian list, we're making great headway at a very impressive pace
> writing code, putting packages together, and defining exactly how we will
> interface with "User Linux"-the-product. that's the linux community and how
> it works: not by requiring everyone to be in agreement, but by everyone
> having the freedom to make a statement with their efforts.
> 
> to wit, if kde-debian accomplishes everything it sets out to do, Bruce's
> decision to leave KDE out of User Linux will not matter.
> 
> - --
> Aaron J. Seigo
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