On Tuesday 11 September 2007 06:23:36 pm David E Jones wrote: > Now who's being defensive? ;) And what I wrote wasn't even a reply to your > email... > > Whatever the case, I stated the lie and then said it was such, I wasn't > quoting from anyone, though I think the reply was to Jonathon and we have a > nice long history and being harsh with each other (again ;) ). It's great > to have you around Jonathon, you bring up lots of good issues in these > little high level threads. > > There is some good stuff in what you're saying Ean, and I totally agree > that different people and organizations will find different ways of > collaborating with the community that works best for them. I'm just trying > to describe and encourage (like in the contributors best practices page) > the ones that seem to result in the most contributions coming into the > project AND the most benefit and feedback going back to the contributor. > > My perception is definitely limited though, and I know it very well, so for > whatever anyone is doing if it's working well for you then there's no > reason to change. If it's not working so well then I invite people to take > a look at stuff that will help them, but that may not seem so obvious, and > may in fact seem like a waste of time, and that is trying to get as much as > possible into the open source project and collaborating with others in the > community as you do so (well, that's the short/simple version, more verbose > in the contributors best practices page).
You know perfectly well that I can't resist toying with something as incindiary as the phrase "a vicious damaging lie". After all, Debian is my alma mater. TINC! -- Ean Schuessler, CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com
