Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-14 Thread Artur Grabowski
Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I disagree. A complex interface implies a lot of code. a lot of code leads to unreliablity, either through bugs or detracting valuable developer time from more important things A simple interface (well designed) imples less

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-14 Thread Joshua Smith
Users who can no invest the effort learn enough to use a simple interface do not deserve a reliable operating system. They deserve windows, and they deserve pop up buttong in their browsers that they click ok blindly for everything. I couldn't agree more, people expect that they will

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-14 Thread Bob Beck
* Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-12-13 21:46]: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:22:07PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: When I read that, it sounded a lot to me like saying if you're not a skilled medical practitioner, you don't deserve decent health care. Seems to me one of the

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-14 Thread Darren Spruell
On Dec 13, 2007 7:39 PM, Jeremy Huiskamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Users who can no invest the effort learn enough to use a simple interface do not deserve a reliable operating system. They deserve windows, and they deserve pop up buttong in their browsers that they click ok blindly

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Le mercredi 12 dC)cembre 2007 C 11:22 -0800, Ted Unangst a C)crit : On 12/12/07, Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To my mind software quality also depends on ease of use. So I would be happy to help improve OpenBSD by making it easier to install and use. But I don't know if you

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:44:35AM +0100, Mathieu Stumpf wrote: Le mercredi 12 dC)cembre 2007 C 11:22 -0800, Ted Unangst a C)crit : On 12/12/07, Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To my mind software quality also depends on ease of use. So I would be happy to help improve OpenBSD

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Ulf
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:44:35 +0100 Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I agree easy to use and sample are not the same for everyone. That's why, to my mind, a good installer should provide several methods to install. If you like the current way it works, you should be able to

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Bob Beck
If you like the current way it works, you should be able to continue with this system. But what if my mum, who has low computer skill, would like to install a free, functional and secure system? I think the software should help her to make the most accurate choices. Because I think my

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Jason Beaudoin
On Dec 13, 2007 11:11 AM, Bob Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you like the current way it works, you should be able to continue with this system. But what if my mum, who has low computer skill, would like to install a free, functional and secure system? I think the software should

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Bob Beck
Users who can no invest the effort learn enough to use a simple interface do not deserve a reliable operating system. They deserve windows, and they deserve pop up buttong in their browsers that they click ok blindly for everything. -Bob Do you apply this reasoning to

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Joe
On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:40 AM, Otto Moerbeek wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:44:35AM +0100, Mathieu Stumpf wrote: Le mercredi 12 dC)cembre 2007 C 11:22 -0800, Ted Unangst a C)crit : On 12/12/07, Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To my mind software quality also depends on ease of

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Bob Beck wrote: Users who can no invest the effort learn enough to use a simple interface do not deserve a reliable operating system. They deserve windows, and they deserve pop up buttong in their browsers that they click ok blindly for everything. I love this one. May be will need a

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Nick Holland
Daniel Ouellet wrote: Bob Beck wrote: Users who can no invest the effort learn enough to use a simple interface do not deserve a reliable operating system. They deserve windows, and they deserve pop up buttong in their browsers that they click ok blindly for everything. I love this

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Nick Holland wrote: Daniel Ouellet wrote: Bob Beck wrote: Users who can no invest the effort learn enough to use a simple interface do not deserve a reliable operating system. They deserve windows, and they deserve pop up buttong in their browsers that they click ok blindly for

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Jeremy Huiskamp
On 13-Dec-07, at 11:11 AM, Bob Beck wrote: If you like the current way it works, you should be able to continue with this system. But what if my mum, who has low computer skill, would like to install a free, functional and secure system? I think the software should help her to make the most

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Theo de Raadt
When I read that, it sounded a lot to me like saying if you're not a skilled medical practitioner, you don't deserve decent health care. Seems to me one of the better aspects of our society is our ability to allow specialists to provide good services to non-specialists (or at least

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Jeremy Huiskamp
On 13-Dec-07, at 10:22 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote: When I read that, it sounded a lot to me like saying if you're not a skilled medical practitioner, you don't deserve decent health care. Seems to me one of the better aspects of our society is our ability to allow specialists to provide good

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:40:43AM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:44:35AM +0100, Mathieu Stumpf wrote: Le mercredi 12 dC)cembre 2007 C 11:22 -0800, Ted Unangst a C)crit : On 12/12/07, Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree easy to use and sample are not

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:22:07PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: When I read that, it sounded a lot to me like saying if you're not a skilled medical practitioner, you don't deserve decent health care. Seems to me one of the better aspects of our society is our ability to allow

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-13 Thread Ted Unangst
On 12/13/07, Jeremy Huiskamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Users who can no invest the effort learn enough to use a simple interface do not deserve a reliable operating system. They deserve When I read that, it sounded a lot to me like saying if you're not a skilled medical practitioner,

Getting envolved

2007-12-12 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Hello, First I apologize if this is not the good address to post this kind of message. I didn't find a 'getting involved' link on the 0penBSD website. Well, OpenBSD seems to care about quality, so as a developper I thought this would be a good place to learn how to write better software. To my

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-12 Thread Bob Beck
* Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-12-12 11:23]: Hello, First I apologize if this is not the good address to post this kind of message. I didn't find a 'getting involved' link on the 0penBSD website. Well, OpenBSD seems to care about quality, so as a developper I thought this would

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-12 Thread Ted Unangst
On 12/12/07, Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To my mind software quality also depends on ease of use. So I would be happy to help improve OpenBSD by making it easier to install and use. But I don't know if you would be interesting by this kind of 'improvement'. I don't want to waste

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-12 Thread Marco Peereboom
1. Pick an area that you are interested in. 2. Fix bug / add useful (non superfluous feature) 3. Send diff to tech@ 4. Await flames or see diff getting committed 5. Repeat several time until someone notices good quality and you'll get invited to play We are always looking for good people. On

Re: Getting envolved

2007-12-12 Thread Karl Sjodahl - dunceor
On Dec 12, 2007 6:31 PM, Mathieu Stumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, First I apologize if this is not the good address to post this kind of message. I didn't find a 'getting involved' link on the 0penBSD website. Well, OpenBSD seems to care about quality, so as a developper I thought