On 2006-08-14 at 13:13:43 [+0200], Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki)" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The reason that I am pointing this problem out is because I do not > > think > > Haiku is learning from its mistakes: this has happened before, it is > > happening now, and will most likely happen again, as long as the > > members > > of the project do not seem to feel a need for change in this respect. > > But then, if that is what everybody wants, so be it. :-) > > "this has happened before" - what in all worlds has happened, anyway? > We've come up with that contest idea on this list, and we made a news > item to spread the word. The initial discussion goes on, and on, with > positive insight, as well as criticism - the usual, AFAICT. > Where is your problem? We hardly can be more open. > > Haiku is a community effort - *everyone* who contributes is a member of > Haiku. Anyone who contributes has something to say. There will be many > situations where we have to do important decisions, and those can only > be done by extracting the common sense of these discussions. Those that > contribute the most have the most to say, naturally; that's kind of a > reward for your contribution. But that still means that we have to > agree to something, and there will always be people who won't like our > decisions - there just should be many more people who will. Axel, thank you. I tried, but I could not put this into better words. You have expressed my feelings very well. Best regards, -Stephan