[Mageia-discuss] Long Term Support Policy

Tue Jan 31 23:14:10 CET 2012

On 01/31/2012 04:53 PM, Michael Scherer wrote:
+> Le mardi 31 janvier 2012 à 16:04 -0500, imnotpc a écrit :
+>> 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.
+> As you say, you have the freedom to work on what you prefer to do, and
+> given the tense you used, In infer that you are not doing it yet. So the
+> question that come to my mind is "why don't you start now ?".
+>
+Fair question, especially since I've always contributed to projects in 
+the past. The short answer is that I have serious personal/employment 
+issues which require all of my time currently, but I will do as much as 
+I can.
+
+Jeff
+