Философия волчьей стаи

Философия волчьей стаи

Философию сообщества Funtoo лучше всего описать, используя аналогию "волчьей стаи".

Как волк в стае, участник сообщества пользователей Funtoo:

Настоящий (аутентичный)

поскольку Funtoo это source-based мета-дистрибутив, а пакеты собираются Portage, мы существуем в диком мире, среди созидающей энергии экосистемы свободного программного обеспечения. Как у волка, наша связь с динамичным и устойчивым диким миром открытого кода осязаема и реальна. Мы избегаем переработанного, выхолощенного, изолированного и скучного готового мира, где выключенные пользователи просто "потребляют" то, что было создано для них, мы предпочитаем более настоящую и связную жизнь, где мы сами управляем своей судьбой.

Помнит о стае

Стая - это наши товарищи. Мы поддерживаем друг друга и заботимся друг о друге, двигаясь вместе. Когда мы находим проблемы, мы решаем их всем сообществом. Мы понимаем, то что помогает всей стае, помогает каждому из нас. Мы всегда пытаемся найти общее направление движения, которое разделяем и развиваем вместе. Вот поэтому мы будем использовать каждый раз профиль сообщества и держать наш локальный /etc/make.conf без изменений. Двигаясь вместе, мы получаем лучший для всех опыт.

Привередлив

Время от времени другой свободный проект разбрасывает дерьмо в нашей среде обитания и оно может быть таким большим, что трудно пройти мимо и не вляпаться. Когда это случается мы должны быть осторожны, чтобы не наступить в него и тем более "есть какашку", делая её частью Funtoo! Очевидный пример - это systemd. Мы не станем есть мертвую тушу только потому, что какой-то upstream-проект бросил перед нами соблазнительную гнилую плоть. Хотя это и даст нам возможность продержаться какое-то время, но это не лучшее решение для. В поисках лучшего решения мы предпочитаем охотиться...

Hungry

We are truly satiated only by those solutions that truly reflect our deeply-held values -- we want good technology, and if we can’t easily find any, we will hunt for it ourselves.. Our hunger is tangible and deep. We’ll automate everything, so we can spend more time in the hunt, developing innovative technology. We hunt to live, and live to hunt. We’ll put in the work to get the good stuff, even if it gets messy and requires investing our time and raw creative energy. If we don’t have time to hunt, we will find a way to make time. Wolves that don’t hunt are domesticated pets.

Territorial

We welcome all, but we are keenly aware of the scope of the territory we patrol. We take ownership of our territory, but we don’t bite off more than we can chew. We know what parts of the Libre forest are fully in our grasp, and what parts we do not have the wolf-power to properly manage. We will claim new territory only as our pack grows, all the while ensuring that the territory we currently hold is kept secure. Continuous improvement -- building our territory thoughtfully without losing ground -- is what we’re all about.

We Howl

We encourage each wolf in our pack to howl and express their personal desires and needs, especially on our bug tracker. Your passion and personal journey is what we care about, not what some bunny did in some random hole last Thursday. It’s all about sharing your own adventures with the pack, so that we can understand and be enriched by them, and support you better.

   Important

So remember -- as part of the Funtoo, exhibit these qualities to maximize your experience, and the experience of the pack! Now, let's cover some distinct aspects of Funtoo, and as an exercise, see if you can map these technical decisions back to pillars of the Wolf Pack Philosophy.

Funtoo Distinctives

Easier Install

In general, while the install is still 'by hand' rather than via installer, effort has gone into making the install easier. (Why? To make the common paths easier for the rest of the pack.)

Pre-Built Kernel

Funtoo stage3 images come with a pre-built debian-sources kernel and initramfs that supports all modern hardware. This is done to make installation easier and give all users a common reference kernel to use. You don't have to build your own kernel to install Funtoo. (This is a common area where people get stuck, and this greatly helps troubleshooting bugs.)

Desktops Ready To Use

We build stage3's that include desktop environments, such as a GNOME stage3, Cinnamon stage3, and others. They have 'official' profile settings that we want you to use and help improve. We strongly encourage you to use our official profile settings for your desktop environment, so we can all work together to make a specific desktop setup work really, really well and benefit from each other's improvements and bug fixes.

No Need for Make.conf Hackery

Not just for desktops, but for all Funtoo systems, we strongly encourage users to have an empty /etc/make.conf file. You will use ego profile to set your subarch, optimization settings, and USE settings. If you find a problem with our official settings, such as needing to add things to /etc/portage/package.use, and you are just installing a regular package you want to use, it's considered a bug, so file a bug. (Why? You still have freedom to tweak things, but we should have some easy-to-use defaults that work 99.999% of the time to make well-maintained paths for our pack. If you fix some annoying USE issue that you experienced in our official profile settings and it gets fixed, then it helps the pack, because these things are annoying not just for you but for everyone.)

Scope

Funtoo has some things that are officially supported, and some things that are not, when compared to Gentoo. We are a smaller project. As the community grows, you can help us to support more things. (We don't bite off more than we can handle.)

Automation

We have a special technology called metatools that we use to automate the creation of ebuilds and keep them up-to-date. (Why? Not only is it cool but it helps us to free up time to work on more useful things, like new technologies.)

Once you understand the Wolf Pack Philosophy, the rationale for the technical decisions becomes clear, because the technical direction flows from the pillars of the philosophy. If you internalize this philosophy, you will begin to align with our technical direction and be able to join us in our journey.

   Did You Notice?

If you read this far, please notice that the wolf illustration has five legs. Behold, the mighty five-legged wolf!