[haiku-development] Re: AboutSystem window credits (was: Testing the poll)
- From: "Stephan Assmus" <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:33:07 +0200
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> Datum: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:20:27 +0200
> Von: Alexandre Deckner <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> An: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: [haiku-development] Re: AboutSystem window credits (was: Testing the
> poll)
> Jorge Mare wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Jorge Mare <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 2) Length of the Developers and Contributors lists
> >>>
> >> I think there is a definite difference between a "contributor" and a
> >> developer, so I don't like the idea of putting them on the same list
> >> (though I don't know if you are proposing that.) I think the
> >> developers with commit access who are reasonably active should have
> >> some precedence in these lists.
> >>
> >
> > I think that's an arrogant position. There are non-developers that
> > have contributed substantially to the project, more than many
> > developers. Why should they be considered less a priori?
> Hi, Jorge,
> I think you're taking it the wrong way, what he means is that putting
> everyone in the contributor list isn't really more fair (if thats what
> you meant).
> I totally agree with what you're trying to fix. The main technical
> problem imho is that there are two notions intermixed, the role you have
> (dev, tester, web, PR etc...) and how invested/recognised you are in the
> project.
> IMO, no dev is trying to diminish the importance of non dev roles, what
> you want just needs some work to define the rules and make it right :-)
Exactly. It's just something that needs to get done, and nobody wants to step
on anybodies toes so there is some reluctance to do it. I am planning to look
into it ASAP.
Best regards,
-Stephan
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