On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <to...@sugarlabs.org> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 20:08, David Farning <dfarn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Ishan Bansal <is...@seeta.in> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> I am working on the ticket http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2210. >>> >>> To solve the above bug i am thinking of clearing the text in the text to be >>> translate box when ever the language to be translated is being changed. >>> Please provide suggestion on any better approach to deal with this bug. >> >> Over the last month this list has seen a significant increase in >> requests for pointers. >> >> Asking questions is an healthy part of learning, but asking for >> 'pointers' is _not_ going to be particularly helpful. It shifts the >> effort to the person answering the question rather then the person >> asking the question. Effectively asking questions is an art. Asking >> question is so important that Eric Raymond, author of the Cathedral >> and the Bazaar, has written and maintained an article about how to ask >> questions the smart way at >> http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . >> >> I strongly suggest reading the article. The time spent learning how >> to ask questions the smart way... and asking questions the smart way >> will pay for itself very quickly. Questions asked the smart way will >> generally get quicker responses and better answers. >> >> Two additional points >> -- If you are new to the list please clearly describe 1) What you >> know, 2) What you don't know, 3) and what you think you have to learn >> to solve your problem. This provides the person answering the >> question a sense of scope. > > This is very well put, lately I have felt like I would need to explain > most I know about software engineering in order to give an useful > reply.
And if anyone feels dumb expressing what they don't know..... Please note that I just committed one of the biggest mistakes in mailing list manners:( I hijacked this thread without reseting the subject. We all make mistakes and we all get peer reviewed. david _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel