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Alec, |
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On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 07:32:55PM -0800, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> I could sit in #gentoo and field questions all day (I've done it |
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> before) but I have things I could spend my time on that are more |
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> worthwhile to the project .... |
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To find the big-payoff items, I suggest first doing triage on the |
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threads: |
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(1) Ignore, at least temporarily, noob-does-something-stupid |
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threads. |
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(2) Ignore threads about unstable packages because unstable |
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packages are supposed to have problems. |
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What is left are (3) normal users having problems with stable |
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parts of Gentoo. Then ask: what architectural changes to Gentoo |
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would have eliminated that problem, or better yet, that general |
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type of problem? |
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Note that you can do this without participating in any |
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thread. All that is needed is to scan the thread and classify it. |
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For instance, in my observation, there are many problems that |
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are, at base, caused by portage leaking files and those leaked |
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files then cause something else to break, leading to lots of |
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confusion and misdirection. That suggests that a little effort at |
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solving leakage might have a big pay-off in user satisfaction. |
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For all I know, as I am just an uninformed end-user, leakage |
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has already been solved. I mention it only as an example of using |
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user-frustrations to find the larger problems that are worthy of |
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developer time. |
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Regards, |
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John |
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