Re: [OT] Release Date of Woody?
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 02:06:23PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"xsdg" == xsdg <xsdg@softhome.net> writes:
>
> xsdg> *Please do not CC me*
> xsdg> On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 01:34:04PM +0100, Jan Martin Mathiassen wrote:
> >> you really don't understand how geeks work...
>
> xsdg> Not only is "geek" a quite ingeneral term, but all of the
> xsdg> people developing/using Debian (users) do not necesarily
> xsdg> consider themselves geeks. In addition, though some will be
> xsdg> the same, the incentives of all of the users are not exactly
> xsdg> the same. I could append to the list below, but somebody else
> xsdg> might say that I'm wrong on some of my points, like I am saying
> xsdg> that some of your points are partially incorrect.
>
> How is this relevant? I doubt if users have much to do with
If your mailreader displays the subjects of the messages you receive, I would expect that you saw the "[OT]" in the subject line, and interpreted it as meaning "Off Topic".
> release dates; they may tend to lobby for goals, but unless the
> people doing the work buy in to these goals, they are not likely to
> be reached in a hurry.
>
> Did you actually read the rest of this thread? We were talkgin
Yes, I did...
> about how setting goals may not be practical in a volunteer project
> unless the worker bees have an incentive to do so. Thus getting
> volunteer buy in is imperative for any release goals; and we do not
> have wages as incentives.
>
> In that context, what Jan Martin Mathiassen wrote makes
> perfect sense.
>
> manoj
> --
> A woman was in love with fourteen soldiers. It was clearly
> platoonic.
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
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--xsdg
PS: In light of the many flamewars which take place on dd@l.d.o, I would prefer not to continue debating this branch of the topic...
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