Does Gentoo need a face?

mpagano · Developer Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 197 Location: USA

After reading this Slashdot artice which concerned Branden Robinson's first report as Debian Project Leader I started to wonder if Gentoo should have similar leadership.

With this new election, we'll see many interviews with Branden and many articles written about him and his goals. Do we have a forward face to the press or are we missing out on good press by not having one?

I'm not trying to criticize our current management for I am a true believer of Gentoo, but I am of the "post daniel robbins" era so I don't know how things have changed since that transition.

Mike

psyqil · Advocate Joined: 26 May 2003 Posts: 2767

Have you ever heard of Martin Michlmayr?

ciaranm · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:

We've had press coverage... Gentoo interviews tend to be either with the relevant manager (for genuine projects) or with pvdabeel (for hyped up bullshit that will never get anywhere). When we had a single leader (drobbins) it caused far more problems than it solved, so I doubt we'd go that way.

jdgill0 · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:46 pm Post subject:

You see how long it's taking Debian to get their next release out the door! All the press releases they get and having a project leader doesn't seem to be moving things along any better does it? Ubuntu is on the verge of knocking Debian out!! (IMO)

Maybe not the best comparison

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ciaranm · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:54 pm Post subject:

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ciaranm · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject:

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ciaranm · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject:

Voltago · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject:

If the Gentoo project decides that it needs a face, you should try to obtain the services of this gentleman. Would do Gentoo's brand recognition no end of good.

Vanquirius · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:31 pm Post subject:

curtis119 · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject:

We already have a face on gentoo. Larry the transexual cow.

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SeJo · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:19 am Post subject:

ciaranm get your facts straight,

the project does exist, it's not official yet, but it's allready working and being tested by Opensolaris team members:
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20050124-newsletter.xml

and stop bashing people!

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gentoo_lan · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:26 am Post subject:

rhill · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:44 am Post subject:

i don't thing Gentoo needs a face in the singular, but I do sometimes wonder if it wouldn't hurt to present a clearer idea of the underlying structure to the userbase/community.

like, I know a few of the more public devs' names, or some of the herd leaders, but it's a little foggy how everyone fits together. things like Planet Gentoo and the Dev of the Week thing in the newsletter are a step in the right direction, but i still find it odd that I know more about the Debian hierarchy for example than my own distro's.

maybe it's just that Gentoo is a much less formal distribution or i haven't been paying enough attention.
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ciaranm · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:33 am Post subject:

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rezza · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:17 am Post subject:

jhunholz · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject:

I'm a bit confused here. So you're saying Gentoo has been lying about the things it's going to do or not do? How are we supposed to know what is "substantiated" vs. "unsubstantiated"? Or is this just some internal disagreement?

ciaranm · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject:

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codemaker · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: