On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 10:54:03AM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 01:35:13PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader wrote:
> > Yes, but our community also ignores people who only complain and don't
> > contribute. Asking other people to create documentation is a little
> > bit hypocritical when you're not willing to do the same.
>
> No, it isn't. I may not be a good writer. I may not have time. There are
> many valid reasons I might request something
Absolutely true. However...
> which I'm either unwilling or unable to do myself.
...Asking someone else to do something you're unable to do yourself, I
can understand. But there's a major difference between "unable" and "not
willing".
> Pointing out work that needs to be done is not hypocrisy. I'm
> surprised to hear this coming from the DPL.
>
> If you disagree with this, then perhaps we should remove the RFP
> functionality from WNPP.
an RFP is useful when you can't do it because of lack of skills, time,
or whatnot. It is not useful when you simply don't /want/ to do it.
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