[Mageia-discuss] Long Term Support Policy

Tue Jan 31 22:04:27 CET 2012

On 01/31/2012 03:39 PM, Michael Scherer wrote:
+> Le mardi 31 janvier 2012 à 15:30 -0500, imnotpc a écrit :
+>
+>> OK, thanks to both of you. If the issue resurfaces it would be great to
+>> post the discussion on the forum and this list so that the greatest
+>> number of users can share their opinions with those who make it happen.
+>> Much like the poll, it would help allocate limited dev/packager
+>> resources to where it does the most good.
+> Packagers are volunteers, they are not "ressources" to be allocated, so
+> I think the formulation is to be revised.
+>
+> If no one want to work on something, it will not happen. That's as
+> simple as that.
+>
+Well volunteers are certainly resources. Whether they choose to work on 
+a project is of course up to them, but the fact they contribute makes 
+them a resource to the organization. In this case a vital resource that 
+needs to be treated well. That said, someone like myself could 
+potentially work in many different areas such as answering questions on 
+the ML or forum, updating the wiki, updating the website, writing 
+documentation, even light coding or packaging. I could potentially be 
+"allocated" to the area with the greatest need and I wouldn't care one 
+way or the other. I think it would be a shame to to see the 
+devs/packagers/maintainers put a lot of effort into a distro that they 
+loved working on but no one would use. New users are a source of new 
+contributors which can make the experience better for all of us.
+
+Jeff
+