Back when I joined #Gentoo I was one of the "young'uns". I was full of energy, ideas and motivation, and I was the one to complain about "grampas" wanting to keep things as they were.

Now, almost 13 years later I feel that the roles have shifted. I became much more conservative, and well, more critical of changes. Today's "young'uns" are trying to burn the world, and I'm trying to save it.

That said, I'm trying my best not to be the bad guy and find compromises. While I don't think it's right for us "old folks" to prevent youngsters from taking over, I think that Gentoo has a lot of valuable "old school" vibes that make it stand out in today's IT world. It would be a shame to lose them.

I think how we handled #RustLang is an example of a reasonable solution here. We accept it but we also try to maintain "best effort" support for older hardware that Rust can't work on.