I apologize. I forgot this was an international mailing list and hyperbole is often times lost. I will refrain from using colorful language in the future.
My comment was not meant to suggest that David's comment was incorrect or out of line in any way. I was simply making the point that David too sees himself in the role of benevolent dictator, however recently modified. Which, goes to the point that David's criticism of my comment in OFBIZ-81 holds the weight as discussed in: http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/social-infrastructure.html#benevolant-dictator-qualifications --- Jacopo Cappellato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Howe wrote: > > David, > > > > Tonality is difficult to construe from email, I'll > > admit, but the wording of your reprimand of Si's > date > > format commit, has to make one suspect that you > see > > yourself in that light as well. > > > > Sincerely speaking, I'd love to get more feedback on > my work from David, > because of his great experience and knowledge of > OFBiz and ERP > processes; unfortunately this is not possible since > reviewing the work > from others is very difficult and time consuming and > he is not payed to > perform this task. > > I don't think that the comment on Si's commit can be > considered a > reprimand; it was just a quick review on a commit. > > It is worth saying that this can be considered a > very good example of > common practices described and promoted by the > Apache Software Foundation: > > 1) Si did a commit following the CTV "Commit Then > Review" startegy: > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#CommitThenReview > > 2) David expressed a veto for this change: > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#Veto > > No dictatorship, just best practices adopted (in a > natural way) by an > healthy and solid open source project like OFBiz is. > > Jacopo >
