On 03/20/2013 03:43 PM, John wrote: > On 20/03/13 23:30, Joao Rita (Food Supply Chain & Logistics Planning) wrote: >> How about thinking about the structure, the divisions so that developers >> jump into their favorite thing. >> >> I'm thinking: >> > I'm thinking nobody should be given commit access until the have a > proven history of providing good patches. Nobody should be given commit > access just because they asked. > > I'm thinking nobody should be promoted to leadership until they have > shown leadership. People with leadership skills should be welcomed, and > their leadership credentials accepted only by weight of argument. > > At the moment there is an existing list of bugs, some have been present > for quite some time. Anybody at all can work on those, perhaps they > should be registered as developers just so their name can be pinned to > them, but with the bare minimum of rights. > > All that we think we know about each other is what we say and do. You > would hardly expect me to include on my CV matters that reflect poorly > on me, and having read others' I can say they often gild the lily a > little by claiming "involvement" when involvement means they made the > tea and coffee, did the photocopying and ran messages. > > Or they claimed they managed a project. Many years ago there was a very > famous Australian Government IT project called "Mandata." It was a > complete and utter flop, and managing that project would be a feather in > nobody's cap. > > Any new developers for SCID will come from amongst its users. While > historically there has been little mail on this list, the developers > might find it necessary to have a separate mailing lest. If they do, > they still need to keep users in touch with proposed new features - > which should be discussed on users - fixes and new releases. >
Well put John. If two years of inactivity isn't a sign of neglect or abandonment- I don't know what is. I think that devs of skill ought to put their efforts into a project that shows signs of life. From this perspective (I know I'm going to get ultra-flamed for saying this) devs perhaps ought to see what Steve needs over at scidvspc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
