Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64
On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 10:46:10PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
>
> What a perfect analogy.
>
> It takes time to teach someone how to ride a bike. If it's your own child,
> you'll probably want to spend time doing it. How many random strangers have
> you taught to ride a bike?
>
> Furthermore, note how incredibly difficult it is to teach someone how to
> ride a bike whilst simultaneously riding yourself. You have to stop riding,
> hop off, and go help the other person.
>
> Now, ask yourself this -- would you rather have ftp-masters, listmasters,
> project secretary, and a million other things in Debian riding their bikes
> to the benefit of the project, or spending all their time herding newbies
> who are just as likely to decide it's not their cup of tea after all and
> wander off and do something else as stay and help?
I would rather they take the time to train additional people until there
is at least one additional person on whatever the team in question would
be. Then the one of the two could return to doing the job at hand the
the other could train additional people. Rinse and repeat.
Will this impact things negatively in the short term? Certainly. Is
the cost worth the gain? IMO, absolutely!
--
Jamin W. Collins
Remember, root always has a loaded gun. Don't run around with it unless
you absolutely need it. -- Vineet Kumar
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