On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 22:04 +0000, Ross Gardler wrote:
> On 13 December 2012 21:45, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Dec 12, 2012, at 1:57 PM, Ross Gardler wrote:
> >
> > >> But a close-to-zero month
> > >> for those parameters says a lot about how inactive the community is, if
> > >> you're interested in that.
> > >
> > > Well that's just it, we (the ASF) are not interested in that kind of
> > > statistic.
> >
> > If I might clarify something that Ross is saying here ... (and taking the
> > remark completely out of context to make the point)
> >
> > Alvaro's and Jesus's contribution to this project is all about statistics
> > - statistics that are very valuable in measuring the activity and health of
> > a project. We, the Allura project, are VERY interested in this kind of
> > statistic.
>
>
> ...
>
>
> When Ross says that we (the ASF) are not interested in that kind of
> > statistic, he is *not* saying that your contributions aren't welcome or
> > wanted on the Allura project, but rather that the ASF governance (the
> > board) is interested in other kinds of things in reports to the board.
>
>
> Thanks for clarifying this Rich. I can assure the community that this is
> indeed what I meant. In fact I said as much in the same mail the above
> quote is taken from:
>
> "Note, this doesn't mean individual PMCs would not find these indicators
> helpful."
>
> I hope nobody misunderstood my comments in the way Rich feels they may
> have. If anyone did please be reassured so I concur with Rich'
> clarifications.
>
> Ross
Once again, thanks for taking the time to clarify. But in this case, I
had understood Ross exactly that way. After all, we have talked some
times about metrics, Ross ;-)
Saludos,
Jesus.
