Hello Jörg, On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:00:05AM +0200, Jörg Schmidt wrote:
> Hello, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Arrigo Marchiori [mailto:ard...@yahoo.it.INVALID] > > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 8:13 AM > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: How to recruit [Was: Feature: automatic enter of a > > decimal point at a fixed position] > > > Are you subscribed to the recruitment - volunteering list? > > No, I'm not. > > Where can I find an archive of this list so I can look at it? The list was recently renamed, therefore the archives are split in two. New list: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-volunteer/ Old list: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-recruitment/ > > If so, I would appreciate your (possibly constructive :-) criticism, > > as I tried to reply to a couple of people but I do not seem to have > > had any success so far. > > My, described, personal experiences come from the time of OOo [!], the > problem was then, however, almost identical to the situation today: > Too many experienced people don't understand that newcomers, who have no FOSS > project experience, don't understand the meritocratic way of working and > therefore misunderstand the liberal request 'find yourself the part of the > project you want to work on' as 'I don't feel like giving you concrete help'. > > It is our mistake to pretend to deprive the newcomers of their freedom, only > if we assign them concrete work. And I name this mistake by saying that we > raise the tool (!) "meritocracy" to the status of a religion. I agree that an initial bit of guidance is useful, but I am not sure I understand your very last point. Best regards, -- Arrigo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
