On Tuesday, 29 November 2011 03:07:19 UTC+8, David Roe wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 08:56, Dima Pasechnik <dim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Monday, 28 November 2011 21:29:32 UTC+8, Emil Widmann wrote: > >> > >> On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dima Pasechnik <dim...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > It's much more urgent to work on the Sage notebook, than to create yet > >> > another frontend. > >> > IMHO. > >> > >> Probably true. Anyhow, people will work on whatever project they > >> like... > > > > People should not work on projects that are a waste of resources. > > I strongly disagree. If someone want to work on Sage, then we should > I did not say that a particular project is a waste of resources...
> provide advice but by no means tell them what to do. > Jeez, I have not told anyone what to do. I don't even tell my subordinates what to do, although I probably should try this once in a while. :-) > It's a plus for > the Sage community to get people involved, even if at first they work > on something of interest to them that others might consider a "waste > of resources." I think it's a shame that the tone on the sage-devel > list is not as welcoming as it used to be, and I think we suffer a > loss of developers because of it. > Anyhow, I come from a culture that places the ability to speak one's mind much higher than the fact that this might offend someone's feelings. You can call it a lack of culture if you like :) > David > -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
