Adam, The reason people don't remember this is because jboss is so easy to deploy already that they feel a deb is unecessary. So your contribution is not highly valued, and not remembered.
-dain > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Heath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 1:21 AM > To: Bill Burke > Cc: Adam Heath; Jboss-Development@Lists. Sourceforge. Net > Subject: RE: [JBoss-dev] time is up, where is adam heath? > > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Bill Burke wrote: > > > Didn't see your patch, sorry....Well, I actualy couldn't > find it after > > looking a little bit. > > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 14:07:42 -0600 (CST) > Subject: [PATCH]: [JBoss-dev] can't build jboss from cvs > > The above email patches build.xml, only. It does what I > need, to split the > tarballs/zips up. > > Also, another patch I sent, earlier, contains some > miscellaneous patches. > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 01:24:56 -0600 (CST) > Subject: [JBoss-dev] misc patches needed to make .deb for debian > > > Sorry if the JBoss community is not what you're used to. > It works for us. > > I am now integrating JBoss into a 2nd production system at > a 2nd company, > > with much success, and will be moving onto a 3rd in > January.. The JBoss > > community is doing something right. I know from experience. > > You have worked at 2 different companies, or did they hire > you as a consultant > just to do this integration(not meaning to sound harsh, just being > inquistive). > > > Yes. Who the hell is Adam Heath anyways? (Then you could > ask, who the hell > > is Bill Burke? :) > > Fair 'nuf. :) > > > Don't know what business world you live in, but respect is > usually earned > > not given. Sure credentials get you noticed, but after > that you have to > > earn the respect of your peers. And yes, we are your > peers. Only results > > and money talk in the business world. Unless you're a > commie. I thought we > > purged you commies back in the '50s? > > I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but true believers in the > free software > doctrine could be compared to commies, in theory. > > > It doesn't work like that here. Somebody correct me, but, > IMHO, we have a > > meritocracy here. You get what you give. > > Hmm. new word alert. scanning dictionary.com... > > I've shown ability. Yet, it seems to be ignored, and the > only focus is on my, > at times, harsh mails. Hmm, that description doesn't seem to apply. > > > Well, honestly, from the emails I've read, didn't sound > like you were > > contributing any expertise, but rather voicing complaints. > > Go read again. Jason Dillon and I had quite a discussion, > with both sides > learning about the other. > > > IMHO, I'd rather work with somebody that is blunt. We > don't have time to > > pussyfoot around here. > > I'd rather work with someone who is sharp. :) > > > > How is one supposed to get started with jboss? Where is > the voluminous > > > documentation on how to start understanding the code, so > one can start > > > improving the software? > > > > If you pay the $9.99, there you go ;-) Hmmm, I've never had trouble > > figuring out how to contribute..... > > I haven't had troubvle figuring out how, it's just I haven't > been motivated to > do so. When I have tried to contribute, it's been ignored, > or blasted for > being moronic. That doesn't make me want to continue. > > > > Is jboss-dev not a user list? Isn't discussion on this list a > > > form of giving > > > back? > > > > jboss-dev is not a user list. It is a jboss contributor list. > > So, one can't answer questions on jboss-dev, and be > considering giving back to > the community? After all, jboss has a community of > developers, and if I can > answer some other developer's question, we all benefit. > > > Again, you get what you give. You're in a sea of good > developers here. You > > would cringe in fear at some of our resumes. You have to > build trust and > > respect in this community. We have all already done it and > you're not doing > > a good job of it so far. > > I have given. Yet it's been ignored. > > Also, on a side note, I asked several mails ago(not this > thread), for a nice, > 80 char by 3-5 line description of jboss. A nice, easy to understand > description, not filled with too many acronyms and buzz > phrases. The content > on the jboss website is a little wordy for me to try and > condense(I've never > been good at marketing). > > Also, as to the status of the Debianization: I am close to > making a public, > as it were, release. I've switched both Ean an another > internal developer to > using my debs. I'm currently working on automatic postgres > installation/configuration(few minor tweaks left). apt-get > install jboss > jboss-jdbc-postgresql, and you'll have a PostgresDS, HypersonicDS, and > DefaultDS(that uses postgresql). Without > jboss-jdbc-postgresql installed, > DefaultDS will use hypersonic. > > It's all rather slick. I haven't released publically, > because as I tweak > stuff, upgrades between my internal versions might not work, > so I needed to > keep a tight reign on the files. Soon, however, soon. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jboss-development mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
