Andrew Suffield said: >On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 04:56:44PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: <snip> >> Wrong. There have been specific technical things I wanted to do >> which simply cannot be done easily as an outsider. ^^^^^^ >> >> Generally it's QA stuff. I'm doing it anyway, of course; it's just >> slower and more tedious and discouraging. > >You just contradicted yourself. It's clearly not wrong - you *are* No, I didn't contradict myself. Read what I said again carefully, noticing the word which I pointed out for you. That word is 'easily'. I *am* doing the work, but I am *not* doing it easily; I am instead doing it with difficulty. Got it?
>doing it anyway. So the system works as it is supposed to. The system is supposed to make it hard for people to contribute? That seems dumb. :-) OK, I admit to deliberately twisting your meaning a little in that last paragraph, but I'm trying to make a point. "The system" actively discourages people from contributing, and makes it hard for their contributions to be used in a timely fashion. This seems bad to me. This slowdown effect probably contributes to how long it takes Debian to resolve some issues, and the tediously long release cycle. *shrug* -- I guess you probably meant that because I am already demonstrating stuff, I do have a good reason to join Debian, and do not have to be told to demonstrate stuff. Which is what the word "Wrong" referred to. So I withdraw that word. It was a mistake. I think we're on the same page, basically. -- Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org> http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html