Hi, i'm short on time so i'll try to be brief - hopefully this won't cause any misunderstanding.
David, i understand that some comments and questions may look like the sender is questioning your knowledge in some area. I want to assure you that when i ask such a "stupid" question, i'm not questioning your knowledge - i'm asking for explanation so that i could understand. In other words, my intent is never "it looks like you're mistaken. prove that you're right". I always mean "i don't understand this because i'm a newbie in this area. You are experienced - could you explain to me why we cannot do this?" I think it would be easier for both you and us if you assume that the intent of our questions is like i described above (unless someone explicitely says "i think you're wrong"). On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:18 AM, David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > Educating people about the details takes a lot of time, and > it is time that only has a payoff if their ultimate goal is actually > working in that area rather than just satisfying their sense of being > taken seriously. I agree that this is a serious problem. However, i think that we cannot avoid it completely: we are a team, and we need to know what's happening inside LilyPond. Of course, you don't have to write super-detailed explanations about everything. By the way: if people won't understand what you do and why, they may not be able to actually *use* the solutions you provide, and they will be unable to appreciate them :/ best wishes, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
