This is all good, Ted, and no doubt at all true. But.................. There are lots of differences in the openess of the process to new voices that are consistent with everything you have said. And, there are lots of differences in how free individuals with the time are to change things as they will.
Not disagreeing at all. Just saying that there is a lot more to the picture. Jack On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:44:24 -0500, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as the contributions goes, I just don't know of any other way > to do it in a volunteer environment. > > It's great to have a good idea, but until someone steps up with the > code, it's just that, an idea. > > On a team, I can compel someone to implement something I think is a > good idea, because I control their paycheck. Here, we can't compel > anyone to do anything. > > Likewise, if I have one developer do something, and the work is poor, > I can compel another developer to fix it. Here, if someone badly > implements a good idea, we can't compel anyone to fix it. If no one > volunteers, it doesn't get done. > > Because it's a volunteer project, we can only vote on what's in front > of us now. We can discuss how we feel about ideas, but absolutely > nothing counts for anything until it gets committed to the repository. > > And it's the same for everyone. We put the committers through the same > gauntlet as new contributors, for all the same reasons. Any one of us > could disappear tomorrow, and the rest of us would be left holding the > bag. We all need to agree to everything, because we are all > responsible for everything. > > Is there any organization around here? Yep -- all for one, one for all. :) > > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
