Marnie McCormack wrote:
Hi Rafi,
Thanks for taking the time to write these. I think they're a good idea to
have for new people.
At risk of incurring your wrath - I found it them a little long, at first
reading.
I wonder if you'd consider a more concise version - be happy to have a shot
at it if that'd be helpful and not cross making ?
Please feel free, I'm not actively working on anything right now. I'll
try to keep my wrath in check until I see what you produce. ;)
I'd like to think we should welcome people in, tell them what they might
need to know but I'm hoping we won't scare them off.
What do you think ?
I don't want to scare people too much. At the same time I don't want to
have only a very dry list of process points that people can end up
following to the letter with no real understanding of the spirit, and I
think the most direct way to understand the spirit is to gain some real
context in terms of the sorts of things that have and do actually happen.
This may cause the length to grow a bit, but I don't think that's an
issue. I would expect reading this material to be a tiny fraction of the
overall time anyone who is serious is going to spend getting involved in
qpid, and I think it is worthwhile time spent as it can give people a
leg up.
Those of us who have been around for a while have a long and complex
shared history that shapes how we interact as a group, and while on the
one hand it may be daunting to ask people to read the entire thing
before they get involved, at the same time it puts them at a significant
disadvantage not to give them any of it.
--Rafael
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