On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > Well, the initiative shows your support for Mandrake. But I think > it would be uneffective. First, here at Mandrake we are paid for > what we're doing, so it enforces a behaviour and assume some > tasks that are sometimes not immediately pleasant (again, that's > only my point of view). Second, I think time from external > contributors is precious (especially concerns the talented > external contributor), and it's better spent doing "real" > tests/patches/suggestions/etc (not counting the fact that what > you describe demands much motivation). Third, we can't "rely" on > external contributors as much as employees, for the simple fact > that people are free to stop contributing, anytime.
The contributor who serves a buffer would not have to be an extremely active contributor (in the sense of submitting patches and packages). How many people are there who only post occasionally to the list? By simply posting occasionally, they're demonstrating a desire for Mandrake to be a better distro; this gives them more of an opportunity to assist towards that goal. Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
