Thank god some common sense is appearing at last
Thank you Leon br richard On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 01:07, Leon Brooks wrote: > On Tuesday 05 March 2002 22:51, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > > It is development list. People are expected to debug there problems and > > come here with at least suggestions what has to be done to fix them not > > coming here ranting and wining. There are enough other places for it. Or > > at least report problems in such way that makes it possible to track > > them down (not that I am always doing it this way myself :-) > > 1. a report that there *is* a problem is more useful even with no hint > of a fix than no report; and > > 2. having to put up with 90% spurious reports is better than a release > with a showstopper; and > > 3. How on earth do you expect to have more developers (who qualify as > such in your eyes) on this list if you discourage the budding ones > before they really get started?; and > > 4. IIRC, in the open source world at least, lists are here for helping > people, and the best way to do that is to educate people rather than > simply telling them off; and > > 5. Many of the people who report to this list have no time, resources > or specific skills to contribute much more than they do; and > > 6. A tight feedback loop is a key part of producing excellent software; > and > > 6. [Guillame please note] even patches and stuff which seem irrelevant > to the majority, such as the LVM-on-/ one recently discussed, may > be useful to *someone*, and so their posting should be encouraged > for that reason alone; and > > 7. Open Source is a funny place where the minority are in the majority, > or in other words, the flexibility and availability of the software > makes it *possible* (nobody sane claims `easy') for *everyone* to > get what they want out of it, even if they don't happen to fall near > the ephemeral `mainstream'; and > > 8. Who made you list moderator? > > So... please go easy on the newbies, please encourage reports even if they > don't meet your high standards, please acknowledge reports that are useful to > you, please patiently educate rather than browbeating, or at least hold your > peace. > > Cheers; Leon >
