Comments on: projects http://www.datanode.net/?p=281 Where the totally inane meets the totally mundane Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alex http://www.datanode.net/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-82 Alex Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:18:06 +0000 http://www.datanode.net/?p=281#comment-82 Perhaps all new projects should be forced to be named as beta? I'd say that every new project should have a development period, a public beta release period (maybe 3 months), and then an evaluation on if it should be continued as an official Gentoo project. At the moment it seems as if everyone has a great idea, names it "Gentoo This" or "Gentoo That" and is able to launch it as a project. The barrier to entry should be slightly higher and there needs to be an evaluation to see if it's just a waste of time and resources to continue the project. If the project is just a small toy project for a few developers and has little use for anyone else then it shouldn't be an official Gentoo project. Perhaps all new projects should be forced to be named as beta? I’d say that every new project should have a development period, a public beta release period (maybe 3 months), and then an evaluation on if it should be continued as an official Gentoo project.

At the moment it seems as if everyone has a great idea, names it “Gentoo This” or “Gentoo That” and is able to launch it as a project. The barrier to entry should be slightly higher and there needs to be an evaluation to see if it’s just a waste of time and resources to continue the project. If the project is just a small toy project for a few developers and has little use for anyone else then it shouldn’t be an official Gentoo project.

]]> By: N-S http://www.datanode.net/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-80 N-S Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:55:52 +0000 http://www.datanode.net/?p=281#comment-80 YES! This is so to the point. I love gentoo, and that all devs (and users) are so darn inventive and creative, but hyping new things that don't exist is just a waste of everyone's time. I was pleased to see the Seeds project come so fast after just a few days after the first mention of it (in my eyes, that is - people may have discussed it for a long time) but there is still nothing there! A projekt that doesn't have even a base of a product isn't a "Gentoo Projekt". It's an idea! "Show me the money" works for me too. Promises don't turn me on. YES!
This is so to the point.
I love gentoo, and that all devs (and users) are so darn inventive and creative, but hyping new things that don’t exist is just a waste of everyone’s time. I was pleased to see the Seeds project come so fast after just a few days after the first mention of it (in my eyes, that is – people may have discussed it for a long time) but there is still nothing there! A projekt that doesn’t have even a base of a product isn’t a “Gentoo Projekt”. It’s an idea! “Show me the money” works for me too. Promises don’t turn me on.

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