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On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:22 AM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote: |
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> Apparently my complaining finally re-triggered some action, so sadly |
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> this looks like the currently best strategy. |
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You could have simply made a simple post pointing out that changelog |
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generation appears to be broken and likely had the same effect. |
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The thing with complaining to trigger action is that it can be like |
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taking one step forward and two steps back. It might appear to have |
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the desired effect, and then nobody wants to work in that part of the |
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community, or in the community at all, so in the long run we're all |
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worse off. It doesn't inspire people to contribute. The areas where |
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contributions are lost may not even appear to be directly related to |
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the areas where the complaints are made, so it is hard to demonstrate |
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a clear relationship, and thus people still feel vindicated in their |
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complaining or reluctant to do anything about it. |
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Can I prove that the above is true? No. Does it concern me? |
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Absolutely. I think the fact that so many are torn between getting |
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rid of key contributors who tend to create a lot of drama and |
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continuing to tolerate them just makes people not want to try to fix |
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it as well. |
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Rich |
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