[Sussex] Gentoo forked...

[Geoffrey Teale]

.. a lot of good points from Steve.

One thing I'd like to address - Gentoo has a closed developers list - 
unlike Debian.  This causes some controversy.

The list is readable  by anyone online, but only invited developers can 
post to it.  This isn't about secrecy (after all, anyone can read it!) - 
it's about allowing the developers to use the list to get on with work 
rather than dealing with a million posts and flames off topic.  Anyone 
who's been on the Debian developers lists know that they are polluted to 
the point of irrelevance.  Gentoo tries to avoid this and uses it's 
forums for public debate.

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GJT
gteale at cmedltd.com