On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Patrick Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: >> > ... >> >> I also think that Zookeeper has lots of technical debt, partly because we >> > didn't get to start with a codebase designed for testing. Paying off >> debt >> > is always extremely painful. We have a payment due. >> >> Ted, no disrespect but put your money where you mouth is, start >> reviewing patches if you feel strongly. > > > Guilty (mostly) as charged. > > I have only been able to review a few of the patches. My work schedule is > heinous right now.
Totally understand (I'm in the same boat wrt being overloaded). Hope you took it in the context I meant it. We can't do hugs through email -- raincheck for next time we meet f2f. ;-) > > >> So far I've taken the brunt of >> doing the reviews from Thomas and the rest of the community is just >> getting pissed off by his attitude. >> > > I have also tried to work on this issue. I have met with Thomas in person > and provided private coaching (with limited, but non-zero success). I also > have privately mediated some misunderstandings. > > >> It doesn't matter what someones contributions might be, if they can't >> work with the community. >> http://communityovercode.com/over/ > > > Very true. That is why I have tried to work to help Thomas learn how to > work with this community. It isn't all about a snapshot in time; people > can develop new skills. > That's the thing, so far everyone has been trying (incl Thomas) but we are still seeing friction. Perhaps it's just the limited time available, pressure to get 3.4.0 out, and non-alignment btw Thomas's interests and our current goals? Patrick
