Jim Fulton wrote: > No one seems to be willing to step up and take responsibility. > I guess everyone assumes I will.
I know a thing or two about trying to entice people to help maintain open source software. It's certainly not easy. But from a casual observer's perspective, this whole exchange has been pretty tragic, and certainly doesn't help encourage people to contribute. As the maintainer of the ZODB, your voice carries a lot of weight. You are also making it very clear that you need to be the single point of co-ordination for ZODB contributions (probably wise), and that you don't want contributions directly into trunk. That cements this position even more. I don't think the lack of contributions is directly your fault, but I do think that your communication style can sometimes put people off. I guess the best word I can think of to describe it is "terse". I'm sure it's misunderstood, in that demeanour and tone is hard to convey in text. But nonetheless, reading this list over the last few days makes me pretty disheartened. There are clearly issues with the development process. There were clearly issues with that particular commit. But there are few things as damaging to contributions as backing out changes. Sometimes it is necessary. But in this case, it is my experience that it's important to salvage the relationship with the commiter. Using words like "crap" to describe their code is a pretty safe way to ensure they won't contribute again, even if you allude to the fact that they can also produce "non-crap". Martin _______________________________________________ For more information about ZODB, see the ZODB Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/ ZODB-Dev mailing list - ZODB-Dev@zope.org https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zodb-dev
