[haiku-development] Re: Directory renaming
- From: Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:21:02 +0200
On 2009-04-02 at 15:27:00 [+0200], Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM, François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > At least I know several apps where I specifically hardcoded a check
> >> > for
> >> > --prefix in configure scripts to reroute various dirs in case it
> >> > was /
> >> > boot/beos/system by opposition to ~/config ...
> >> >
> >> > OSS4 also has a some vars depending on ~/config or /system ...
> >> >
> >> > François.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> Nothing that cant be fixed, I hope.
> >
> > Just not the best moment workloadwise.
>
> Perhaps some lesser talented devs could assist you with. It seems
> something that's fairly easy to instruct people how to do.
>
> In general, this is something I'm in favor of -- core devs helping to
> delegate menial tasks to those less skilled. It provides an opportunity
> for people to know they are making meaningful contributions and more
> importantly helping core devs stay busy with core tasks, by tackling some
> of their overgrown todo lists tasks. /rant :P
I wouldn't call them "less-skilled", though. There are all sorts of reasons
for not being a "core contributor"... ;-)
Best regards,
-Stephan
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