On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 17:54, Martin Dengler<[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:42:57AM -0500, David Farning wrote: >> > [Michael and Tomeu talk] >> >> An effective way to become a respected member of on open source >> community is to start with small ideas and implement them. If the >> deliverable works, is useful, and meets coding standards it will be >> accepted. A couple of iterations through this: >> a: Produce improvements to the product. >> b. Help the contributor earn the respect of the current community so >> they will be encourage to participate and take on larger projects. >> >> That tends to open doors. >> >> Drive by ventings tend to shut them. > > These points are valid but not apt. I don't think Michael's doing > anything drive-by. His (and Tomeu's of course) ventings are quite > well-informed. > > Constructive disagreement is valuable.
Agreed, though unfortunately I'm not getting much value out of this discussion to this moment :( I sincerely don't know what I can do to address Michael's concerns, I don't even think I understand them. Help most welcome because Michael not only is a capable person but has already contributed quite a bit to Sugar. Thanks, Tomeu -- «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David Farning _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
