Re: About NM and next release
Andrew Suffield said:
>On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 04:56:44PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
<snip>
>> Wrong. There have been specific technical things I wanted to do
>> which simply cannot be done easily as an outsider.
^^^^^^
>>
>> Generally it's QA stuff. I'm doing it anyway, of course; it's just
>> slower and more tedious and discouraging.
>
>You just contradicted yourself. It's clearly not wrong - you *are*
No, I didn't contradict myself. Read what I said again carefully,
noticing the word which I pointed out for you. That word is 'easily'.
I *am* doing the work, but I am *not* doing it easily; I am instead
doing it with difficulty. Got it?
>doing it anyway. So the system works as it is supposed to.
The system is supposed to make it hard for people to contribute?
That seems dumb. :-)
OK, I admit to deliberately twisting your meaning a little in that last
paragraph, but I'm trying to make a point. "The system" actively
discourages people from contributing, and makes it hard for their
contributions to be used in a timely fashion. This seems bad to me.
This slowdown effect probably contributes to how long it takes Debian to
resolve some issues, and the tediously long release cycle. *shrug*
--
I guess you probably meant that because I am already demonstrating
stuff, I do have a good reason to join Debian, and do not have to be
told to demonstrate stuff. Which is what the word "Wrong" referred to.
So I withdraw that word. It was a mistake.
I think we're on the same page, basically.
--
Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html
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