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<I>Tue Jan 31 23:14:10 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>On 01/31/2012 04:53 PM, Michael Scherer wrote:
><i> Le mardi 31 janvier 2012 à 16:04 -0500, imnotpc a écrit :
</I>>><i> On 01/31/2012 03:39 PM, Michael Scherer wrote:
</I>>>><i> Le mardi 31 janvier 2012 à 15:30 -0500, imnotpc a écrit :
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</I>>>>><i> OK, thanks to both of you. If the issue resurfaces it would be great to
</I>>>>><i> post the discussion on the forum and this list so that the greatest
</I>>>>><i> number of users can share their opinions with those who make it happen.
</I>>>>><i> Much like the poll, it would help allocate limited dev/packager
</I>>>>><i> resources to where it does the most good.
</I>>>><i> Packagers are volunteers, they are not "ressources" to be allocated, so
</I>>>><i> I think the formulation is to be revised.
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</I>>>><i> If no one want to work on something, it will not happen. That's as
</I>>>><i> simple as that.
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</I>>><i> Well volunteers are certainly resources. Whether they choose to work on
</I>>><i> a project is of course up to them, but the fact they contribute makes
</I>>><i> them a resource to the organization. In this case a vital resource that
</I>>><i> needs to be treated well. That said, someone like myself could
</I>>><i> potentially work in many different areas such as answering questions on
</I>>><i> the ML or forum, updating the wiki, updating the website, writing
</I>>><i> documentation, even light coding or packaging. I could potentially be
</I>>><i> "allocated" to the area with the greatest need and I wouldn't care one
</I>>><i> way or the other. I think it would be a shame to to see the
</I>>><i> devs/packagers/maintainers put a lot of effort into a distro that they
</I>>><i> loved working on but no one would use. New users are a source of new
</I>>><i> contributors which can make the experience better for all of us.
</I>><i> As you say, you have the freedom to work on what you prefer to do, and
</I>><i> given the tense you used, In infer that you are not doing it yet. So the
</I>><i> question that come to my mind is "why don't you start now ?".
</I>><i>
</I>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
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