Στις 23-02-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 19:02 +0000, ο/η Thomas Dalton έγραψε: > 2009/2/23 Ariel T. Glenn <[email protected]>: > > The reason these dumps are not rewritten more efficiently is that this > > job was handed to me (at my request) and I have not been able to get to > > it, even though it is the first thing on my list for development work. > > So, if there are going to be rants, they can be directed at me, not at > > the whole team. > > > > The work was started already by a volunteer. As I am the blocking > > factor, someone else should probably take it on and get it done, though > > it will make me sad. Brion discussed this with me about a week and a > > half ago and I still wanted to keep it then but it doesn't make sense. > > The in-office needs that I am also responsible for take virtually all of > > my time. Perhaps they shouldn't, but that is how it has worked out. > > In that case, it seems the mistake was assigning what should have been > a top-priority task to someone that couldn't actually make it their > top priority due to other commitments. If someone is unable to > guarantee that they'll have time to do something, they shouldn't be > assigned something so time critical.
I asked for it, and that's why it was assigned to me. I should have recognized much sooner that I could not actually get it done and should have brought this to Brion's attention instead of continuing to hang on to it after he brought it to my attention. Ariel _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
