Re: Please test and contribute...
Hello Samuel,
On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 09:42:30PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> I'm sorry I have to write this, but I believe it should be written.
> Please don't take it personally (I'm not quoting authors on purpose),
> I just use this as an example to express what I have in mind for years
> already.
> I just cannot do everything, so people have to help.
I can understand your frustration. I have great admiration for the work you do
and have been doing for years in Hurd and Debian/Hurd. I think everyone with
even a mild interest or just curiosity in hurd is in dept to you and the effort
you have put in to keep the hurd going for all these years.
Perhaps you were not looking so much for a thank you, but just for more help.
But the dept I mentioned above is not easy to repay. Meaningful help requires
considerable level of technical knowledge, some people might be willing to learn
and have a go, however mentoring is not abundant, and unfortunately often comes
back to you. I think some of the traffic on the mailing lists are from people
who are curious and perhaps trying to find a way to get involved, but I can see
how the whole thing can be so overwhelming.
My own small involvement indeed comes from a wish to contribute in some small
way to a project I find interesting and in dire need for human resources. But
I'm mostly a user, my skills are rather limited, I don't program in C, and I
don't know what an inode is.
Anyway, I mostly wanted to wish you a nice day.
João
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