Gents
I am willing to take some small role. For example, translations.
I can do translation to one ot two languages as well as manage the process of getting other participents to produce their own lanuage translations, e.g. Emir in Slavic, xyz in Turkish, zyx in Spanish, etc.
With central management, the translation tasks become simpler and Elpidio can select person to do each language (or persons to alternate on translation tasks).
Let me know if that makes sense.
Salman-
Elpidio Latorilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Nino,
On Wednesday 08 December 2004 18:17, Nino Novak wrote:
> So just letting the whole world commit changes will end up in a mess ;-)
There is a solution to that which is being used by a few groups or
individuals. A new special branch is simply created for them where they can
commit anything they like including "messing" it up. This does not mess up
the main branch or the release version branches. Examples: are the branches
for the Tanzanian group, Zungenmaier and Schenk branches, etc.
> Nevertheless, as of updates of special modules - or say of the help files
> - or maybe even of the translations, for them it *might* be of advance to
> bypass Elpidio. If there are the right people who will take
> responsibility for their areas.
That is correct. In fact it is being done for a while now and it proved to be
productive. A proof is the Coni-servizi version.
> It might even be a challenge to increase engagement?!
>
> So the first question I suggest is, who is willing to take responsibility
> for a certain sub-task?
> Or, beginning with Elpidio, what task would you delegate first if you had
> the right person to take it?
Based on my experience with this project, we should begin with the first
question: "who is willing to take responsibility for what?". If that is
answered, it is very easy to delegate the task. Of course, one should be
very much aware that it does not end with simply saying "ok, I will do it".
Actually working on a task is much more complex than one's first impression
of it. Therefore, one must be very sure of himself to avoid losing the
interest in the middle of the road and dropping the task. (To be honest, it
happened hundreds of times before. Most people are just not aware of it. )
After a little more than 2 years of this project, I have collected so much
impressions and observed phenomenons that at first time I thought could be
unique to care2x alone. Then 2 weeks ago, I discovered this document that
showed those things to be rather universal in open source. Please have a look
at this document:
http://www.teamten.com/lawrence/cathedral-bazaar.html
Thanks and best regards,
Elpidio
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