+1 Jeremy Thomerson wrote: > I have to add here that I have asked quite a few questions on this list, and > always received a plethora of helpful information - 90% of the time from > core contributors. This list is the best open source mailing list I have > ever subscribed to or asked questions on. Many times I have sent emails to > other user lists, even active ones, with questions I could not find the > answer to, and never received a response - at all. > > The entire Wicket community is very friendly and helpful. And, honestly, if > I asked a question for which there were an answer in the javadoc - I would > appreciate Martijn's answer - it would remind me to look for it myself > (which we sometimes get so busy we forget) - and it has much better longterm > benefit than giving a direct answer, or even copy-and-paste the javadoc. > > Of course, Andrew, you always have the option of explaining it to the new > user, too - that might help with the wide spread adoption. I see from your > message history that you love Wicket like the rest of it, and have received > many fine answers from the same core committers that you criticize here. > Just saying - it goes both ways. > > THANK YOU WONDERFUL WICKET COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THE CORE COMMITTERS > (Igor, Martijn, Johan, and everyone)!!!! > > My 2 cents.... > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:13 PM, C. Bergström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 21:01 +0200, Martijn Dashorst wrote: >>> On 5/1/08, Andrew Broderick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> The guy asked a simple question. >>> And I answered it is a simple manner: read the javadoc, if that >>> doesn't help you, tell us what is wrong. All condensed in a single >>> question. You chose to read it as a RTFM. Did you ever read [1]? >>> >> <commentary> >> I've worked with Martijn a bit and overall I really appreciate his >> concise and clear answers. On first read of his post you can surely >> feel a defensive tone, but really this is more an example of how >> passionate Wicket devs are about quality not only in code but >> documentation. >> >> Tact sold separately >> </commentary> >> >> ./C >> >>> [1] >>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html<http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >
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