Re: Re: about your concept

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 05:30:44PM +0000, Michiel ten Hagen wrote:
> On Friday 23 July 2004 13:37, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > There aren't any serious developers other than me and Mark (and
> > possibly Phil in the near future). Deal with it. Our primary focus has
> > been on cleaning up the mess and getting the tree into a fit shape for
> > real development. There won't be many serious developers until this is
> > complete, and probably not afterwards either.
> 
> Releasing a project under gpl and creating an open discussion forum creates 
> the impression you're interrested in people contributing to Y. If you think 
> its the best to keep the main group limited to an already defined group of 
> persons it would be smart to make that clear from the start. 

The slashdot moron flood was unanticipated. Normally you accumulate
developers very slowly, from the elite on down, until the point when
you actually have something halfway usable. It's way too early for
more than that.

> > Because we know what we're doing and most if not all of the people on
> > the list do not.
> 
> You are probarblyright, but if you would like other people to aid in the 
> development of Y such arrogance isnt helpfull.

The difference between "arrogance" and "humility" is merely one of
perspective.

People who are going to be useful would know what we're doing and
understand why we're doing it. They would also know how to either (a)
do things that won't conflict, or (b) go away and do something else
for six months.

> What are you expecting/wanting from the general audience on the developers 
> list??

Right now? Nothing.

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