[haiku-inc] Contract communication part 2
- From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "haiku-inc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-inc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:36:51 -0500
On Thursday, November 17, 2011, Alexander von Gluck <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> For what it's worth... I see you working your ass off in IRC every day
and am
> completely happy with your progress.
>
> I'd rather see you hitting the core 'hard' stuff like the wireless
credential API, kernel
> work, and IRQ routing issues then fluffing the network preference panel
for screenshot
> creds. (which a much wider audience of developers can do)
+1000
I can understand Patrik's concerns but the reality is that Michael is
seriously one of a tiny number of Haiku developers who can handle the
current tasks he is working on. System stability is absolutely paramount,
and way more important than other more obvious user facing features. Plus
as others have said, much of the final finishing type stuff, like an
improved network preference panel, is something many of us can work on. We
are paying Michael not to finish Haiku but to work on the hard tasks that
the rest of us don't have the time or skill for.
As for the blog posts, I can definitely see why everyone wants to see more,
but let's try to be friendly to Michael's attention to detail and let him
produce the sort of quality posts he wants to. He isn't the type to just
blog about every tiny thing he did.
Lastly, while it is always fine to express your opinion here, especially
for a paid developer who is mostly funded from donations, please let's not
say things which demotivates Michael. The stuff he is doing is REALLY HARD
and frustrating, so it doesn't help to act like that work isn't important.
We all know the feeling of being unappreciated, so let's not make others
feel that way.
--
Regards,
Ryan
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