On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Frans Meulenbroeks <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011/3/20 Khem Raj <[email protected]>: >> On 3/19/2011 1:28 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: > [...] >>> >>> Well, I do feel it is one of them, and that is the maintainer of the >>> package (who might be the original author). >>> >>> To me being the maintainer of a recipe says that one cares about a >>> recipe and tries to maintain it (as the word says :-) ) >>> Maintainership comes with responsibilities. If people do not want to >>> take these responsibilities then they should not list themselves as >>> maintainer. >>> I have seen too many incidents where someone does not care about a >>> package or bugs submitted to it, but if someone else steps in and >>> fixes things, then suddenly the original author or maintainer feels >>> they are stepped onto their toes, and react hostile. >> >> Its always good to get reviews from people who have prior experience even if >> it comes in ways you don't like since in the end it makes the software >> better. A little attitude adjustment is however needed sometimes :).
It was from personal experiences, I do that myself time to time and move on. I thought I would share > > May I nominate that last sentence for understatement of the year? >> >>> >>> Btw this is the main reason I stopped trying to fix bugs that do not >>> affect me (apart from the recipes I maintain). >> >> Thats pretty selfish view of world I must say in a community of volunteers >> :) > > Sorry but the smiley escapes me. > > If you feel it is selfish, that is your opinion. > > I prefer to call it self-protection. > I have no interest any more to get rude comments. It brought too much > frustration and irritation. > And as my work apparently not appreciated, I decided to cut back on my > effort, also because I dio not have a home project any more that uses > OE. > > Bash a volunteer often enough and at some point he'll not be > volunteering any more. > What OE really needs is a more positive atmosphere towards each other. > It is very positive if you ask me everyone I interact with is always encouraging and helpful to contribute in best of spirits > Frans. > > PS: another reason to wind down my effort is the yocto migration I see > going on. > I have no interest to become an unpaid resource for Intel and the > other LF member companies. > Yes its your time and only you should decide where you want to spend it best. I would not respond further to this matter. This thread is on bugzilla's future and its future so I will leave it to refocus on topic. > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel > _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel
