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Ah meritocracy; nice in theory, in practice it generally falls apart pretty quickly. (been there, tried it a couple of times) Anyway; the problem is there is a
by ErrantX 17y ago
Ah meritocracy; nice in theory, in practice it generally falls apart pretty quickly. (been there, tried it a couple of times)
Anyway; the problem is there is a claimed meritocracy around Ubuntu but it's a bit of a facade. A friend who is a beta tester (and very active bug poster) says it's a bit of an old boys crowd in reality. (not that it's necessarily bad thing; but I hate these sham organisations everyone builds to make it look prettier)
- sharms 17y agoHardy a good old boys club. I would suggest actual examples rather than a 'my friend says' vague statement. As someone with direct Ubuntu development experience, the majority of packages (ie what they refer to as universe) are generally maintained by community members with very few ties to each other other than IRC interaction. It is likely one of the easiest projects to get involved with because not only is it not a selective club, but they actively run training classes on how people can get involved.