2008/12/9 Dennis Schulmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 18:51 +0100, schoappied wrote: >> But the linuxaudio developers mailinglist is open to join and has an >> public archive on the internet and it goes pretty well. > > Thanks for the LAD reference. That's just the right answer, IMHO. > > Of course I see Richard's point but still I think it's completely wrong. > Seems like this list like it is now is not that open as the name > implies. Or how on earth would a new and talented developer learn about > it. How could he or she draw from all the wisdom previously shared on > the list? Not at all, period.
I am sorry if the libopenvideo list seems hostile and closed to you, because that was certainly not what I had intended, but I will tell you some of things that I did for libopenvideo, that hopefully helps you and everyone else to understand why it was designed as it was. First of all, I put a LOT of energy and work into libopenvideo to get it to the point where it is today. I contacted lots of developers of linux video projects individually, I did a lot of explaining about what I am trying to achive, and why I think it is important, and so on and so forth. I am trying to be a humble person, and I don't like to make big and announcements and promises in public, if I am not yet sure whether something will work at all. So please understand why this was all done in private, because I was very much afraid that if I'd made some big noise, that this would drive developers away, that are maybe already drowning in tons of mails and stuff. Maybe today we are at a point were the community is ready for something bigger and more public, but when I created libopenvideo we were not yet at that point. However, I am planning to attend the LINUX AUDIO CONFERENCE in PARMA, ITALY next year (16-19 APRIL 2009), and if other Linux Video Developers and Users are able to attend as well, I will happily discuss all kinds of Ideas for creating and fostering a community in person. For me, mailinglists are fine for technical details and stuff, but for everything where communities and people are involved, writing takes a lot of time and energy, and doing such discussions in person, looking into each others face will be much more productive and inspiring. Cheers, and have fun -Richard > Of course I'm subscribed to LAD for quite some time and yes, I'm mostly > reading. But what's the deal? If I was to ask a general question on > usage or so I could write to LAU (Linux Audio Users). And if not I'm > still getting very good information from LAD just by reading despite the > fact that I've never written an audio application. Nobody cares and > certainly nobody feels offended or like his time wasted. > > > > Yours sincerely, > Dennis Schulmeister > > -- > Dennis Schulmeister - Schifferstr. 1 - 76189 Karlsruhe - Germany > Tel: +49 721/5978883 - Mob: +49 152/01994400 - eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Now moved to the corridor: Hermes! (http://ncc-1701a.homelinux.net) > Besides that: http://www.denchris.de - http://www.motagator.net/bands/65 > > <GnuPG KeyIDs: B8382C97, 01AD62DE> > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > -- Don't contribute to the Y10K problem!
