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On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 05:38, Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote: |
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> My perception from the outside is also that it's sometimes hard to offer |
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> help. So if we now that we are busy then let's try to embrace others |
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> doing the work. |
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This is also what I have observed. I think Gentoo needs appear to be |
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much more focused on how to let people contribute, rather than how to |
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filter/monitor contributions. There's too much discussion about how |
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something is bad and why it shouldn't happen in the documentation and |
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mailing list, and too little about what can be done to make sure the |
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contribution, idea, or user(s) get included. |
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One specific example I can give is the developer status itself. Gentoo |
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developers are responsible for everything, including maintenance. This |
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is not a bad thing, if it's part of a greater developer ecosystem. All |
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successful projects I've observed survive on half of the work, at |
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least, being done by volunteers, and the developers are there to |
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simply review the work before it is applied. |
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As far as I can tell, creating an inviting atmosphere, in which the |
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developers listen and react to the community, is essential to the |
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continued survival of Gentoo. |
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Yea, this one of those long-term things that sounds awesome in theory |
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but is hard to do right. However, I think the sooner ideas like these |
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are discussed and possibly implemented, the sooner we don't have |
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threads like these in the mailing list. I am encouraged that Gentoo |
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developers are considering how to regroup themselves. |
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-- |
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Jacob |
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"For then there will be great distress, unequaled |
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from the beginning of the world until now — and never |
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to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut |
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short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the |
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elect those days will be shortened." |
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Are you ready? |