From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 05:55:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BBD516A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 05:55:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from nalle.netsonic.fi (netsonic.fi [194.29.192.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3303843D46 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 05:55:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from markus.kovero@grafikansi.fi) Received: from shaggy (pilosus.grafikansi.fi [81.17.198.68]) by nalle.netsonic.fi (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i06DtXg10024; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:55:34 +0200 Message-ID: <00f401c3d45c$b4de67a0$4600a8c0@shaggy> From: "Markus Kovero" To: "Brett Glass" References: <79B4EAB03B5E4649A740A8C1452F60643523EE@y6001a.umb.corp.umb.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20040105121215.0465f8a0@localhost> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:55:12 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is FreeBSD going? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 13:55:38 -0000 Brett Glass wrote: > I'd like to see a more open and inclusive form of governance for > FreeBSD. The current system of governance has, as its underlying > assumption, that the most prolific coders make the best leaders. > In my personal experience, this isn't a valid assumption. System > administrators and end users have a big stake in FreeBSD, and are > just as likely (perhaps more likely) to be good leaders for the > project. Yeah, good point but group of leaders should be well organized and they should know what they are doing. We dont want freebsd development go like linux goes nowadays and always has been. The key is communication between enduser and dev-group. Not enduser doing dev-groups job. Greets Markus Kovero