On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:45:36AM -0700, Hans Fugal wrote: > On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 at 07:23 -0800, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > I was in this situation once. I did a total refactor of a sf > > project (ImportScrubber) and the owner said, Great! You're the > > new maintainer! > > > > So be careful. :) > > Heh. Well I wouldn't really mind that, so long as it doesn't offend > him in the process.
In Open Source Software development, you aren't going to last long if you are always preoccupied with trying to keep from offending people. <Agent Smith voice>It is inevitable</Agent Smith voice>. I think Christoph Hellwig is a wonderful illustration of this principle: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0505.2/0455.html :-) Mike .___________________________________________________________________. Michael A. Halcrow Security Software Engineer, IBM Linux Technology Center GnuPG Fingerprint: 419C 5B1E 948A FA73 A54C 20F5 DB40 8531 6DCA 8769 "Campus sidewalks never exist as the straightest line between two points." - M. M. Johnston
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
/* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
