Re: Open Source, Cold Shoulder (fwd)

2004-10-12 Thread Ben Hyde
On Oct 8, 2004, at 4:55 PM, Brian Behlendorf wrote: Use www.bugmenot.com if you need a password. Comments? Is there anything the community thinks we could do to address the situation? Brian ...http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/sdm0411b/ yeah, i got comments. The single most toxic

Re: Open Source, Cold Shoulder (fwd)

2004-10-12 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Tuesday 12 October 2004 21:02, Ben Hyde wrote: Projects that: fail to welcome new comers; fail to bring in credible new contributors ... well they are just stupid. They will ultimately become dysfunctional and implode. Question; Should Open Source be Open Participation? I am sure that

Re: Open Source, Cold Shoulder (fwd)

2004-10-12 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:21 AM +0800 Niclas Hedhman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sure that the upper-tier of ASF would shiver at the thought that hordes of people can gain direct access to the repositories. They/we will dust of the same arguments of why Wiki won't work. But it does.

Re: Open Source, Cold Shoulder (fwd)

2004-10-12 Thread Tim Larson
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 10:50:01AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: --On Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:21 AM +0800 Niclas Hedhman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sure that the upper-tier of ASF would shiver at the thought that hordes of people can gain direct access to the repositories. They/we

Re: Open Source, Cold Shoulder (fwd)

2004-10-12 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Tuesday, October 12, 2004 11:12 AM -0700 Tim Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My version of the idea is not to let random strangers manipulate the branch that will be released with our brand, but rather to have a version control system that allows random strangers to commit proposed changes

Re: Open Source, Cold Shoulder (fwd)

2004-10-12 Thread Ben Hyde
On Oct 12, 2004, at 1:21 PM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: On Tuesday 12 October 2004 21:02, Ben Hyde wrote: Projects that: fail to welcome new comers; fail to bring in credible new contributors ... well they are just stupid. They will ultimately become dysfunctional and implode. Question; Should Open

Re: Open Source, Cold Shoulder (fwd)

2004-10-12 Thread Santiago Gala
El mar, 12-10-2004 a las 10:50 -0700, Justin Erenkrantz escribi: --On Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:21 AM +0800 Niclas Hedhman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sure that the upper-tier of ASF would shiver at the thought that hordes of people can gain direct access to the repositories.

Re: Open Source, Cold Shoulder (fwd)

2004-10-12 Thread Adrian Sutton
My version of the idea is not to let random strangers manipulate the branch that will be released with our brand, but rather to have a version control system that allows random strangers to commit proposed changes with just normal version control commands, without the mental overhead of going