I realise that what i described might not be the case in every FOSS
project or not in even in the majority, but it isn't just wishful
thinking, I know it is reality in some projects (even large projects).
For example in the XBMC project (which is very large too), several
devs partecipate occasionally in end-user threads on the XBMC forum and
the interaction works very well as the devs are marked as such on the
forum so the interaction is normally very respectful.
This benefits boths sides as the devs stay in touch with what the users
think about new features or issues and the users benefit from an insight
into the thinking that lead to specific design choices.
I think the reason this works well on the XBMC project is because the
devs themselves use a section of the forum to communicate among
themselves (rather than a ML) and therefore since they are on the forum
anyway, it's not a big effort for them to have a look at the active
end-user threads, too.
While I'm in no position to influence this, I believe that Mageia
and it's community would greatly benefit if the Mageia devs would use a
reserved section of the Mageia forum (a subforum where only devs can
post) for cooker discussions rather than a mailing-list, since it would
bring devs and users closer to each other and facilitate interaction.
If you are talking about transparency with group discussions, ideally,
this would be something that would happen in any group. However, I think
that we are also realistic in knowing that there are some occasions when
private group discussions are best for the sake of production.
Common sense should prevail and avoiding any situation where there is a
smacking of elitism or group discussion behind closed doors should be
avoided.
Optimistically, it looks like we are all here to work in a cooperative
environment. We just need to keep working at this and remind ourselves
often of our community commitments.
Marc
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