Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-25 Thread Jan Warchoł
2011/6/22 Graham Percival > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:11:36PM -0600, Carl Sorensen wrote: > > I think that the implied obligation is saying "Mike will help people who are > > playing with beam collision avoidance." > > Perhaps the word "expectation" would better express my worry. Ah, expectati

Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:11:36PM -0600, Carl Sorensen wrote: > On 6/22/11 10:09 AM, "Jan Warchoł" > wrote: > > > I don't want to suggest laying implied obligations on anyone. > > Maybe there's a misunderstanding, so let's make things clear: do you > > say that asking Mike (who wrote automatic b

Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-22 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 6/22/11 10:09 AM, "Jan Warchoł" wrote: > 2011/6/22 Graham Percival : >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 04:06:17PM +0200, Jan Warchoł wrote: >>> Problem 1: a Frog tries to modify wind diagrams code and experiences >>> some difficulties.  (S)he sends an e-mail to -devel, but gets no >>> answers because

Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-22 Thread Jan Warchoł
2011/6/22 Graham Percival : > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 04:06:17PM +0200, Jan Warchoł wrote: >> Problem 1: a Frog tries to modify wind diagrams code and experiences >> some difficulties.  (S)he sends an e-mail to -devel, but gets no >> answers because developer X (who wrote that code) overlooked his/

Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-22 Thread Jan Warchoł
More ideas. Problem 1: a Frog tries to modify wind diagrams code and experiences some difficulties. (S)he sends an e-mail to -devel, but gets no answers because developer X (who wrote that code) overlooked his/her e-mail, and noone else knows the answer. Solution: a list of developers with "specia

Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 04:06:17PM +0200, Jan Warchoł wrote: > Problem 1: a Frog tries to modify wind diagrams code and experiences > some difficulties. (S)he sends an e-mail to -devel, but gets no > answers because developer X (who wrote that code) overlooked his/her > e-mail, and noone else know

Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 07:53:09AM +0200, Jan Warchoł wrote: > 2011/6/18 Graham Percival : > > Maybe we'll just dump all newcomers on Janek? > > What's the status of this suggestion? I didn't notice any serious > discussion about it. There wasn't any. > (i mean, what are your opinions? I don't

Re: GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-21 Thread Jan Warchoł
2011/6/18 Graham Percival : > Of people who have git access, what (if anything) > would make you consider being a mentor?  Not everybody > is cut out to be a teacher; if you don't feel comfortable in that > position, then it's best not to offer. I think the answer came to my mind: "i'd spend some

GOP-PROP 2: mentors and Frogs - probably decision

2011-06-21 Thread Graham Percival
Not much change from the initial one. http://lilypond.org/~graham/gop/gop_2.html ** Proposal summary Many new contributors expect more help than they’re getting. We should either: 1. give them more help, or 2. tell them up-front that they won’t be getting help. Think of a roller-coaster e