On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Gleb Kursou <kursou.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > Garrett, so you asked this question: "gdamore wishes he knew what > would motivate more developers to work on illumos bugs...." > > I keep it short - and public - to start a discussion about how the > Illumos gate should be managed. I - and many other people - think the > biggest problem is *your* own behavior. This can be solved but > requires a huge leap from you *first*. You need to work on your > behavior towards people. > > I've collected a few points from yesterdays Unix user group meeting in > Munich, Germany where the participants think changes are mandatory. > 1. You seem to be treating people like a dictator, not as a first > among equals. This is discouraging for people new to your project who > are not familiar with you. You should work on this. > 2. You are what opensource management book call a "tree squatter". You > want to be in control of everything, even the smallest detail. > Consider *delegating* control of parts of the source tree to other > people, such as the experts who work on that particular code. > 3. You wrote that Illumos will be a meritocracy. You should live this > meritocracy then. Delegate control to the experts. You can choose who > should the experts be but you have to delegate control to them. > 4. You rant in abrasive, pejorative and discouraging ways about other > people's code without even attempting to learn how the code works and > you try to dictate a design without listening to the people working on > this code. Consider listen to people and learn. First. Think. Ask. And > then you can rant. > 5. You are unable to make compromises between conflicting goals. > Consider compromises. Consider others had to make compromises and > accept them as reality. > 6. Your goal should be to build a community but your behavior has > created the absolute opposite: Almost no one wants to contribute to > Illumos. If you think you can't build the community yourself find > someone who has experience with building communities. It's no shame to > let others help you.
These two books might be helpful for you: The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation, Jono Bacon, ISBN: 978-0596156718 Open Source Software: Implementation and Management, Paul Kavanagh, Digital Press, 2004, ISBN: 1555583202 Gleb _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
