Jonathon, all,
Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
David (Jones),
What about those open source projects that are polished for OOTB
convenience and experience? Even Apache (httpd) and Tomcat (both under
Apache Licence 2.0?) have better OOTB "operational readiness" than
OFBiz. Ie, they work well OOTB and they have very good and widely
published docs to further fuel explosive rate of community development.
(I understand you believe that approach won't benefit OFBiz; I don't
know so I can't say.)
...
I'm sorry to interfere with a mail addressed to David Jones (via the
mailing list), but I think that my comments (not specifically addressed
to this Jonathon's mail) are worth of consideration:
1) if it's not really necessary, I would not want to see David Jones
time wasted reading/answering this kind of long messages about a subject
discussed at least 1000 times; David is one of the best
architects/developers in the project and we should all do our best to
leave him concentrated in the most critical tasks that can make the
project grow; in the last months I've noticed the bad habit to attempt
to attract David (and other core developers as well) in long and
unnecessary discussions
2) another very bad habit is to attribute to others your personal
re-elaboration of what others said: in this way, if the concept is
reported in an incomplete or incorrect way, you can create confusion to
new users and oblige the person to jump in and correct it. As a general
rule, never try to restate what you think that other said, just express
your thoughts (if they are of interest for the project).
For example, Jonathon said: "I understand you (David) believe that
approach won't benefit OFBiz"
I really don't think that David ever said something like this; the main
point here is that OFBiz and Tomcat are totally different products (as
discussed 10000 times).
In general #1, #2 are harmful habits for a project and we should avoid them.
Jacopo
