Distribution quotes of the week

Ryan Hill wrote:

> I'm assuming that since we're now having dozen-post threads about
> whether or not to have periods in our descriptions that all the hard
> stuff has been solved?

Perhaps in planning QA, for now, but certainly not in executing it. Documentation is lacking, too, and then some people still wouldn't read it anyway, and with more EAPI changes we keep adding more ways to screw it up, so please stand still while we reinvent the wheels on your desk chair.

Taking over unmaintained packages should not be hard. We need people to do it. We need people to do it more than they do today. We need to make it easy.

Focusing on outcomes is what I'm all about - forget about EAPIs - focus on what it is that we really want, and make those things that really matter.

Start with an idea, discuss it, come up with a plan, find resources for that plan, and then implement. Sometimes things happen the other way around, but only when we happen to be lucky, and it often has consequences like extra ongoing work with no support. So, just talk is an important place to start.