Stuart Herbert | Gentoo

This morning’s work on the ebuild for the 2X Linux Terminal Server has been a mixture of creating a basic ebuild to build the package, and then swearing profusely at trying to get the deps built out of Portage.

And, to cap it off, I can’t even file bugs to let the teams know about their broken packages because of our ongoing Bugzilla problems.

Mornings like this make me wonder why I’m still spending time on Gentoo; and that’s before you throw in other frustrations like the mess that the previous Trustees left the Foundation in. I know I’m not exactly in a calm mood right now, but I’m so annoyed with the (in)actions of the previous Trustees that part of me wishes that we could bar the lot of them from ever being Trustees again on the grounds of maladministration.

The rest of me just wish that folks wouldn’t take up for the post of Trustee unless they really understood that the role first and foremost is about good administration. The folks who want to go on a power trip should stick to being on the Council.