Don't worry, Kevin. Your name isn't funny. We won't ignore you ;-) Here's a link to that article Jeremy mentioned. =================================== "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way" (by ESR) http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ===================================
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Conner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: RE: Plan of Action (RE: committers (again)) > > Then either commit if (if you have rights) or send it to the list > > for someone else to commit it. The same goes for new fuctionality. > > The biggest problem I have found with open source projects > is when you send fixes/changes to the list and they disappear > into a black hole. You never know whether it is because > the code is poor, someone just hasn't dealt with it, or > because you have a funny name :-) > > We're running with a modified version of jboss because > we couldn't get the changes that were important to us > back into the code base, even the changes that we supplied. > > It may be overkill to have a mentor for every person willing > to work on the project (the code is usually the best teacher > IMHO), but it would be great to have someone responsible for > those of us who do not have commit access. > > Kev > > Kevin Conner > This is a personal e-mail. Any views or opinions presented are > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those > of Orchard Information Systems Ltd. >
