On 10 Feb 2014, at 12:02, Michael Foord <mich...@voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> > On 10 Feb 2014, at 11:51, Lutz Horn <lutz.h...@posteo.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Am 10.02.14 12:39, schrieb Andreas Jung: >>> and we must not >> >> Why this? Who is forbidding open discussion? > > The interminable (and unhelpful) discussion and argument on every single > minor point makes it unfeasible for people who want to actually get things > done. That is also why "dictator" is the most effective model of open source > project management. > Plus, where there are contract discussions, employment details and problem resolution (with legal and privacy implications or potential liability for slander/libel) are all reasons why some discussions must be kept private. Talk selection, where some talks are necessarily rejected, are better done in a "non public" space so reviewers are free to speak their mind. There are lots of reasons / places where "completely open" is not the best model alongside the very genuine "we need to stop answering armchair critics and actually get stuff done". Michael > Michael > >> >> Lutz >> >> -- >> https://www.dev-random.de/~lutz/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EuroPython 2014 – Berlin, 21th–27th July >> EuroPython mailing list >> EuroPython@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython > > > -- > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ > > > May you do good and not evil > May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others > May you share freely, never taking more than you give. > -- the sqlite blessing > http://www.sqlite.org/different.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EuroPython 2014 Berlin, 21th27th July > EuroPython mailing list > EuroPython@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html _______________________________________________ EuroPython 2014 Berlin, 21th27th July EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
