On Tuesday 12 October 2010 22:20, Mike Scott wrote: > > [2] Of course DEV's are the true Aryans and they already have their own > > lists, which we can join - but must be suitably obsequious while there. > > Aah, yes. I recently dared to submit a query on the OOo dev list (not > having obtained any solution to a particular problem despite the best > efforts of several here and on 'discuss'). It was duly unanswered.......
I use these points to approach a list of this type... 1. Is there no other way? (Like raising an issue) 2. Re-read "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html 3. Join, then post an "I'm lurking" notice while you check out the protocols of the list. 4. Try to spot someone working on the relevant code in question. 5. After two weeks minimum, ask if you can ask a question that wasn't solved elsewhere, (hopefully someone will get curious and reply) If someone replies, they have made a time investment out of curiosity and may be hooked enough to answer the real question off list. Generally dev lists are for devs. If you are a pleb, you don't need to have any opinions or questions answered. If you are a dev, you can fix it yourself or put it straight onto the guy in charge of maintaining his section of the program. In all instances Kudos count in Open Source dev lists. -- Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
