Re: [Fresco-devel] Two numbers

On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 11:38:34AM -0500, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Hi Nathaniel,
> 
> interesting observation !

Thought you might be interested :-).

> Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> 
> >Messages posted on issues.fresco.org tend to be shorter, with less
> >thought and time put into them, than messages posted to fresco-devel.
> 
> Right. I worry about that a bit as much as you.
> (http://issues.fresco.org/bug100)

Actually, I think you worry about it more than me :-) (I get the
feeling that you think bug100 was intended as less of a joke than it
really was.)  Like I (tried to) say in the previous email, I think
really detailed messages with a lot of time put into them have their
place, but they tend not to accomplish much if no-one has the time to
reply.  I think the issue tracker is doing a much better job of
creating a sustainable discourse...

Of course, this is just philosophy, really; I'm not sure it actually
affects anything we do :-)

> First of all I think it is wonderful that this tool enables us to
> communicate quickly. It's more efficient in as much as it helps us to
> stay focussed in the discussion.
> 
> On the other hand, we have to educate ourselfs when and how to make
> use of that tool. Not all bug reports are really bug reports, some
> are mere questions ('HOWTO'). We have to put some though into how to
> document the intended use, and ask people to read that carefully.
> All other projects have 'how to report bugs' pages well exposed
> helping them to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high.

Good point.  http://issues.fresco.org/task56 :-)

-- Nathaniel

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