[openbeos] Re: the new website

"Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki)" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The word "user" has been omitted deliberately; our focus is to cater 
> to 
> developers for now. The time will come when we have to think about 
> users, but not yet.

We can't leave out users; that's just shortsighted and a bit ignorant, 
and most importantly, doesn't match with the goals of Haiku at all. We 
don't develop Haiku for developers, no matter if we currently needing 
developers more than we need users.

> > I don't like that you want to separate marketing from the rest of 
> > the
> > team. While we're not experienced and you're the one who knows
> > marketing best I see no need to separate everything so strictly and
> > even give people different levels of access. I mean, if you look at 
> > it
[...]
> Well, it is a matter of being practical, and maximizing efforts.
> 
> Would you give me access to change code in the repository? You would 
> not 
> (for a good reasons), and I would not expect you to. I trust the good 
> judgment of the developers, and if at anytime I notice something from 
> the POV of the user, I point it out to the devs (informally or by 
> reporting a bug), and the devs take care of (or not). I do not see 
> why 
> it should not be the same with marketing.

Let me get to it from another POV: we had this with the old site, and 
it didn't work out. All core developers should have access to 
everything. It's not to use it without reason, it's to be able to post/
change something if the ones responsible aren't available.
I don't want to go through that again, and needing to write eMails to 
members of *our* project just to correct a typo or a broken link.
As you say, this is a collaborative effort, there is no reason for 
separation in a team that small; I wouldn't take action before it 
becomes an issue.

Bye,
   Axel.

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