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On wto, 2017-07-18 at 22:35 +0100, M. J. Everitt wrote: |
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> On 18/07/17 22:23, Kent Fredric wrote: |
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> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:12:45 +0100 |
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> > "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > > I think mgorny was doing some general commit stats, and I have yet to |
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> > > compile my own, but it would be very interesting to see how many |
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> > > 'active' team members there were in any given project. I suspect the |
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> > > results could be very telling ... |
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> > |
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> > Its not even like they're "inactive", they're just not active *in the team*. |
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> > |
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> > For some, there's no reason for them to devaway: |
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> > |
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> > - They're on IRC |
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> > - They commit daily |
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> > But they're on teams they seldom do things in. |
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> > This is probably more true the more teams you're on. |
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> Then why are you 'in' the team.. I mean, there's one thing to idle on an |
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> IRC channel, but membership does normally imply some form of |
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> contribution, no? Or is it just to make you 'look' |
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> interested/popular/part-of-the-furniture .... |
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Well, that *is* a problem. However, we are supposed to be friendly |
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and nice, and not tell other developers that they have done literally |
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nothing during the 2 years they're part of some project. That could |
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discourage them from contributing. |
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You are also not supposed to try to offload yourself and distribute |
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the work to them. That's bossing around, and it discourages others from |
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actually doing anything. |
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So, well, you're just supposed to smile and thank them for doing nothing |
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for the project because otherwise they could feel offended |
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and discouraged from doing anything, |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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