> From: Per Kreipke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Stop suggesting that the people who are complaining contribute > ========================= > > I don't have a beef with the people exhorting people to > contribute, but > there is a chicken and egg problem of getting to the point > where 1) it's > worth my time to learn it 2) what I contribute is worthwhile > to others. > > The gist of the first 10 replies to John's original post was > for people like > him to write the missing docs. He was talking about _starting > up_ with the > project and you're asking him to write documentation already? > He barely got > it running and much less committed to using it. We're really > talking about > getting people committed enough to contribute. They won't do > the second > without the first. And there are 1000's of other open source projects > looking for contributions as well. Are we supposed to > contribute to all of > them to use them?
I don't mind people not writing a full FAQ, but sometimes just asking for a _question_ (without them supplying the corresponding answer) would result in a very good FAQ document IMHO. J. PS, sorry for having only just caught up with this thread - I'm only subscribed to user at work. ======================================================================= Information in this email and any attachments are confidential, and may not be copied or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor disclosed to any third party without our permission. There is no intention to create any legally binding contract or other commitment through the use of this email. Experian Limited (registration number 653331). Registered office: Talbot House, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5HF --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
