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On 6/15/13 5:15 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> Well, we have debated about everything to death, and independent of the |
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> technical details and of the issue at hand it always boils down to the same |
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> non-technical points: |
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Thanks for raising this topic. I think this worthwhile, and I see Gentoo |
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(and any other distro or even FOSS project) as collaborative team effort. |
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Things you can do alone as an individual are rather limited IMHO. |
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> * Do you see yourself as "maintainer of package X", or do you see yourself as |
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> "maintainer of package X which is a part of Gentoo"? |
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co-maintainer of package X which is a part of Gentoo. I'd like to thank |
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here my team-mates from the Gentoo Chromium team and every other Gentoo |
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developer who has contributed to the packages I maintain. |
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> * How many compromises are you willing to accept to provide the best user |
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> experience? |
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I would not compromise 95% users' experience for a vocal minority users' |
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experience, or at a risk of the package becoming significantly harder to |
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test or maintain. |
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Other than that, I'm trying to be accommodating and flexible when |
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receiving feedback about packages I maintain. |
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> * How many compromises are you willing to accept to help your colleague |
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> developers? |
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Similar thing here. I'm willing to respect decisions made according to |
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agreed-upon process even if I don't like them (except for really severe |
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cases), of course providing feedback as I see appropriate. I'm willing |
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to sacrifice my personal convenience if I know this is good for the |
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project as a whole. |
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> In my personal opinion, it's worthwhile to cooperate and put effort into |
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> Gentoo to improve the distribution as a whole. It is NOT worthwhile to focus |
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> on isolated solutions, refuse to cooperate with others, and waste energy on |
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> turf wars. |
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+1 |
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I also believe there will always be situations where goals or |
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requirements of various people clash, and we need to learn to deal with |
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them. Forks and other kinds of "isolated solutions" have their place, |
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but it's a last resort rather than the first reflex. |
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Refusing to cooperate or turf wars is actively hostile and harmful to |
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the project, and it is important for the health of our community not to |
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allow these behaviors. |
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Paweł |
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