Den 11-04-2013 21:52, BRM skrev: > Well put. Build the business case that they add appropriate support for > developers - even if it's simply being added to a special 'developers' > group to get the extra permissions. > But most likely, you'll find that it isn't just developers that are > having that problem - which can actually be fortunate as some PHB's > might decide to just axe the group complaining until the realize its > everyone.
Worse, the PHB might just decide that if Qt is this difficult to support, then it's not worth it, and will axe Qt use. Bo. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Thiago Macieira <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:16 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Interest] Oops! Somebody's got a bad case of > dependency bloat! > > On quinta-feira, 11 de abril de 2013 12.55.21, Konrad Rosenbaum wrote: > > If you are one of less than a dozen people who could conceivably > use this > > kind of access and there are over 10000 other employees who > definitely do > > not need it, a large company IT department tends to have a kind of > > perspective that may seem condescending to you. Compared with those > > thousands of others, the protection of production equipment, and > protecting > > their own backsides you find yourself at a severely limited priority. > > > > Reality Sucks A Lot. > > I know... unfortunately, reality sucks in those cases. > > But it will never change if we bow down and accept it. > > Whenever you're faced with such a problem, make sure your manager > knows it. > Put it in bold letters in your status reports like "work > compromised" and > "unable to make all deliverables". Report to your manager how much > down time > you had waiting for a solution that didn't come, how it impacted > your work, > etc. > > I'm not asking anyone to risk their job security. But work with your > manager > and let them know that you're not getting the infrastructure and > tools to do > your job effectively. > > If you can, work with the manager to produce some numbers showing > the company > how much time is wasted by you and your colleagues and convert that > to money. > The total of the waste in a department might be enough to get some > changes > started. > > -- > Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com > Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > -- Bo Thorsen, European Qt Manager, Integrated Computer Solutions ICS - Delivering World-Class Applications for Embedded & Mobile Devices http://ics.com/services _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
