Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo [LWN.net]

Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo

Posted Mar 5, 2007 9:14 UTC (Mon) by tetromino (subscriber, #33846)
In reply to: Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo by bronson
Parent article: Daniel Robbins returns to Gentoo

Near as I can see, the situation was something like this:

<drobbins> hey guys, can I get my account back?
<drobbins> I will be just a regular dev now
<drobbins> not absolute monarch like back in the day
<gentoo-dev> sure!
<drobbins> excellent
<drobbins> hmm, the old crown and scepter got all dusty
<gentoo-dev> ...
<ciaranm> blah blah blah troll troll troll PMS paludis PMS paludis
<drobbins> what is the meaning of this?
<drobbins> non-devs on my dev-only mailing list?
<ciaranm> yeah. so what are ya gonna do about it, punk?
<drobbins> your kind was not allowed here back in my day
<ciaranm> well, you are not the boss of me!
<gentoo-dev> uhm, ciaranm has been around here for a long time...
<gentoo-dev> and he does good work (when he's not being an asshole)...
<gentoo-dev> and the customs have changed since the revolution...
<drobbins> get off my mailing list, you filthy vagrant!
<ciaranm> stfu n00b
<drobbins> guards, seize this man!
<gentoo-dev> ...
<gentoo-dev> no.
<ciaranm> lol
<drobbins> fine!
* drobbins has quit (uppity ungrateful peasants)

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Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo

Posted Mar 5, 2007 16:39 UTC (Mon) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

LOL, exactly right. Your writeup deserves a spot on this week's distributions page.

Daniel Robbins leaves Gentoo

Posted Mar 8, 2007 13:52 UTC (Thu) by pbardet (guest, #22762) [Link]

IMO, What is more funny is that when Daniel was in charge, Gentoo worked fine. Since he left, crap has been hitting all over the place and gentoo is no longer suitable for production environment. It's just a "made for geeks product" for people who prefer to spend time maintaining their Linux system than using it.

I had to quit the boat too and moved to Ubuntu, even though it's not 100% perfect. I love the gentoo concept (no releases, source based) but I hate the crap that comes with every other update. When Daniel returned, I was hopeful things would go back to "normal". I sure hope he finds a project where his contributions will be recognized.