On Thursday 07 March 2002 03:07, Hoyt wrote: > On Wednesday 06 March 2002 07:31 am, you wrote: >>>�8. Who made you list moderator?
>> he's not moderating you, he's explaining what he thinks, and as a >> top contributor of cooker he has 100% rights to do so in that >> way. > The ends justify the means. I don't read it that way. Andrej is technically competent and contributes a lot of stuff to this list, so I have no problem at all with the idea that this gains him extra `brownie points' and therefore some authority to tell people off. However, there is no direct connection between technical competence and diplomatic or management skills. I do see a lot of people getting stomped for not including some relevant piece of information in their bug report. This discourages contribution - which is likely to be very destructive in the long run - and may result in an important bug remaining unsquashed due to poor presentation. I've suggested a second, filtered list with `post-thru' to this list plus a formal and dynamic Cooker FAQ, and others have suggested a sign-on FAQ explaining what information is needed to make a report useful to Mandrake. I would add that it is critical to include a simple recipe for obtaining the necessary information (e.g. for PCI/AGP device problems, do `lspcidrake -v' and include output in message, for all device problems, lsmod is generally helpful). I'd be delighted with either solution, but would like a brief regular (weekly?) post referring to a full copy of the signon FAQ if the second solution is adopted. I don't think now is a good time to revolutionise the Cooker process, however. OTOH, someone with time (-: ie not a Mandrake employee :-) could start on a FAQ; if even a skeletal one were posted, others could fill in the details. Cheers; Leon
