On Sat, 2020-06-20 at 00:03 +0900, David Leangen wrote: > > Don't be afraid, debate is sane > > Thanks for the reassurance. It’s sometimes difficult in a “new” > community to know how people will take things. > > > > Commitment is just text and I don't have much trust in text. > > Well, if most people here think this way, then there really is no way > forward with this idea. > > I find this a bit cynical, but maybe I am too naive. Or perhaps I > have been living in Japan for way too long. > > > > I still think it's not a good idea unless you want to handle the > > SLA > > yourself or with some other people from the community because I > > don't > > expect to have a commitment with virtually anybody at anytime. > > But I think again you miss the point. > > Saying something like “you will never, ever, ever get any support > whatsoever” is also an SLA. So to some extent, what you just wrote > above ironically **IS** the SLA you are willing to commit to (at no > time to anybody).
I'm not saying that nobody will ever get any support. I said that I don't when to commit to anything. The reality is that people do receive support, they just can't complain that we don't respect a specific commitment, it's a best effort initiative and that's the spirit of most free software licenses BTW. > It’s all about setting expectations so that people can make > reasonable plans, not about committing to volunteer time. It’s about > communicating what the community is willing (or not) to offer, so > people know how to approach us. > > But then if this is the thinking: > > > Commitment is just text and I don't have much trust in text. > > Then it’s all pretty much moot. 😀 > What we say is: "you are all welcome, come join us, we'll try to help as much as we can". It's very different from both "we commit to help you" and to "you won't get any support". Cheers, -- Matthieu Baechler --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
