forge vs gitolite (Re: CTI - Making a decision for glibc.)

[Florian Weimer]

* DJ Delorie via Overseers:

> Alexandre Oliva <oliva@gnu.org> writes:
>> but the core of the argument against SaaSS is the same ethical
>> argument against nonfree software: you deserve control over your
>> computing.
>
> I'd like to take a moment to point out the irony here.  You tell us we
> deserve control over our computing, then tell us we cannot choose how to
> do our computing.  You tell us our computing must be in our control,
> then tell us to cede that control to sourceware.
>
> This is the problem with the SaaSS argument.  You can draw the line
> wherever you like, to make whatever argument you like, but in the end
> you don't really want the user to be free to do what they want.
>
> So can we please stop using this argument as a hammer?  The LF people
> can be just as much "on our team" as the Sourceware people, and when
> things to bad, either can be just as much out of our control.

Thanks for posting this.  I don't think this discussion is going down a
productive path because it requires us to make a determination who is
part of the glibc community and who is not.  I would prefer if it didn't
come to that.

Thanks,
Florian