2011/5/3 Ron Pedde <ron.pe...@rackspace.com>: > On 5/2/11 6:10 PM, "Soren Hansen" <so...@linux2go.dk> wrote: >>I just know from >>experience that try as I might, I'm not likely to maintain any sort of >>motivation to participate in forums for any useful amount of time. > > And I think that would be the objective of the forums. It doesn't make > sense for core-devs to answer questions like "What's the difference > between VLAN and Flat managers", when there are others that are willing to > contribute to the OpenStack community by answering these questions but > aren't active devs. > >> It may be a cultural thing, so it may work out completely differently >> for OpenStack, but I think the number of Ubuntu core developers who >> frequent the Ubuntu forums can be counted on one hand. Probably even >> with fingers to spare. > And this I see as proof of the utility of forums, because without any > apparent input from the developers themselves, the Ubuntu forums are a > great place to find solutions to problems. As an Ubuntu user, I've used > the forums many times to find answers to questions, and all (apparently) > without having to bother the developers at all. > > Win win.
Excellent points! -- Soren Hansen | http://linux2go.dk/ Ubuntu Developer | http://www.ubuntu.com/ OpenStack Developer | http://www.openstack.org/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp