Glynn Foster wrote:
So, from a development point of view, I was somewhat surprised, having
never really looked at the ON code before, that there's no recognition
of people who wrote the code in the source files.
Are we unusual in this respect? How do other open source communities do
it? Considering the size of our code base (and the age of some of it)
this could be challenging. :)
Sure, there's probably
some Teamware logs, but that doesn't feel as public as something like a
ChangeLog [1] or author credits in the source code headers.
As to how to recognize other contributions, that's generally a much
harder thing to do - we're a community, and we're all in this together.
Any one person is as important as the next one. While the occasional
token of some free swag is a nice gesture for significant contributions,
I don't think there needs to be a formal process. We just need to be
better about praising each other on blogs/mailing lists/forums etc.
Yah, I don't want any kind of complex or formal process either, and I'd
like to stay way from any kind of rah-rah announcements. I'm just
looking to draw some well deserved attention to those who want it. I
want to give people the option, in other words.
It's an amazing feeling getting a mail out of the blue saying 'Wow,
thanks - that patch/contribution you did really rocked', and that is
really one of the cornerstones of creating a fun, thriving open source
community IMHO.
I agree. And I'd like to extend that feeling to those who don't code. As
we grow, more and more people will be contributing in more and more
ways. I'd like to outline some of those ways.
Jim
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Jim Grisanzio, Community Manager, OpenSolaris
http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/
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