RE: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Jeff, Unless I missed a discussion elsewhere (I'm only on community@ and infrastructure@, as well as project lists), Andy appeared to be complaining about (a) people asking for changes to the Wiki without contributing patches, and (b) the current lack of consensus on how to integrate push-model

Re: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread cmanolache
Sometimes it's better to _think_ before talking or doing :-) And it's nothing wrong to think after talking and doing - and make changes and adjustments. I don't think open source or meritocracy is about doing, it's more about feedback and review and improvements. Costin On Thu, 9 Jan 2003,

Re: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread Jeff Turner
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 10:26:41PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes it's better to _think_ before talking or doing :-) And it's nothing wrong to think after talking and doing - and make changes and adjustments. Agreed. I don't think open source or meritocracy is about doing, it's

Re: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread Greg Stein
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 05:51:55PM +1100, Jeff Turner wrote: On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 10:26:41PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes it's better to _think_ before talking or doing :-) And it's nothing wrong to think after talking and doing - and make changes and adjustments.

Re: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread James Taylor
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 23:58, Jeff Turner wrote: it is better to have ANY Wiki (here, UseModWiki) than try to establish a nonexistent consensus on which Wiki everyone agrees is best. That can be sorted out later, if people want it sorted out badly enough. I agree in general, but the Wiki is a

Re: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
James Taylor wrote: How viable is it to machine migrate the content? The UseModWiki content isn't in bare text files, so a little bit of work will be needed. Brilliant! what's yer beef? at least something got *done*! /me runs away -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini

Re: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread Sam Ruby
James Taylor wrote: On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 23:58, Jeff Turner wrote: it is better to have ANY Wiki (here, UseModWiki) than try to establish a nonexistent consensus on which Wiki everyone agrees is best. That can be sorted out later, if people want it sorted out badly enough. I agree in general,

RE: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Because wiki's tend to fill with content rapdily, once you use them for a little while you are pretty much locked in. Counterpoint? Personally, I'm getting mileage out of UseModWiki, despite its issues. I wouldn't want to have to move every page in the Wiki, but I could cut paste the

Re: Do vs. Talk (Re: email notification done...sorta)

2003-01-09 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Sam Ruby wrote: It certainly is easier to migrate content that exists, even if it is in the wrong format, than content that does not exist. +1! as usual, sam demonstrates his uncanny knack to cut through the persiflage to one of the real issues. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini