Re: Consequences of Working in Office Documents Here

2011-06-22 Thread Greg Stein
I think that the important part here is that others can review the work being done. When that work is encapsulated behind binary formats, then it makes it *very* difficult to perform that review. Sure, some artifacts in the repository *need* to be binary. Nobody will dispute that. But when the

Re: Consequences of Working in Office Documents Here

2011-06-22 Thread Greg Stein
On Jun 22, 2011 5:28 AM, Frank Peters fpe.mli...@googlemail.com wrote: don't know where the answer is, other than learn text. I hope that with examining what our true outputs are, we can focus on those, and find a path that works for the community. What does that mean? What is a true

Re: Consequences of Working in Office Documents Here

2011-06-22 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 04:34 -0400, Greg Stein wrote: Well... what are different ways for people to contribute, other than code? Let me throw out some: * work with users (forums, email, etc) * write documentation * issue tracker triage and management * outreach: marketing, meetups, etc

Re: Consequences of Working in Office Documents Here

2011-06-22 Thread Frank Peters
don't know where the answer is, other than learn text. I hope that with examining what our true outputs are, we can focus on those, and find a path that works for the community. What does that mean? What is a true output and how do we differ from the community? Euh... just what I said: what

Re: Consequences of Working in Office Documents Here

2011-06-22 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 06:21, Frank Peters fpe.mli...@googlemail.com wrote: ... don't know where the answer is, other than learn text. I hope that with examining what our true outputs are, we can focus on those, and find a path that works for the community. What does that mean? What is a