On 6 October 2011 17:16, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 17:06:36 +0100 > Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 6 October 2011 16:53, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Responsible Apache people need to rethink >> > their insistence on their method to the exclusion of all other >> > methods. >> >> Please read the comments in this thread by an OOo mentor, Shane >> Curcuru. >> >> Please also see the advice and guidance of Dirk, a long time >> Apache Member. >> >> I think you'll find what you are looking for. > > With respect, it is not the tone of my_ emails that need > amelioration, but the blanket insistence from some posters that > Apache methods must rule always. I have been careful not to > attribute personal blame in this thread; I make a general comment > on this tendency of absolute insistence on an Apache way, as it > seems to me, and as I know from off channel communications, to > other newcomers
I understand where you are coming from. There is a misunderstanding about The Apache Way. There are very few things that are fixed in stone. However, newcomers often rely on written descriptions of common practice and assume that such a description is "the one true way". Things like our IP management policies are fixed in stone, but how we handle security issues are not. By referring to Shane and Dirks emails I was hoping to demonstrate that although some people might feel that the security policies are fixed, they are not. There are ways that work in other projects, but no other project has had to work across two communities in this way. I believe this is what prompted Dirk to say, for example, "If this community decides it wants to do differently - great. We all may learn something!" So by suggesting you read those mails again I was not intending to criticise your observation but provide you with the argument you need to back your very valid point. Meanwhile, I see consensus starting to form around the proposal Shane has extracted from this thread. Ross
