Re: Missing: big picture

Hi Brian,

>>> Please, encourage the developers to read and respond to this list--
>>> or should the users be posting these kinds of questions on bluez-
>>> devel?
>>
>> this works very well and a lot of people spent a lot of time to  
>> answer
>
> I'm a little unclear what you're saying here.  Are you saying that,  
> yes, it is
> better to ask these questions on the developer's mailing list?

if you are writing any kind of documentation and you need help with  
it, then yes, ask on the developer mailing list or via IRC.

>> questions on the mailing list and track down problems. However you
>> should read this first:
>>
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> I'm quite familiar with this page.  Is there one of my previous  
> questions that
> you thought was not "smart", or is this just general advice?

I was more going into the area where the document speaks about what  
you can expect and in which timeframe. Besides asking questions the  
right way, you have to understand what you can expect.

>> My advise would be to start some documentation inside the wiki and
>
> Actually, I think that the last thing the wiki needs is more "started"
> documentation.  My plan would be to fix (or "finish") some of the
> documentation that has already been started.

Either way is fine with me.

>> then ask questions. Asking them up-front without showing that you  
>> will
>> contribute to the project doesn't go good with any developers of any
>
> I have contributed.  If you look through the archives of this list,  
> you'll see
> that I've attempted to provide assistance to other users on a few  
> occasions,
> as well as I could with my limited knowledge.
>
> In any case, when I find some time in the next few days I'll repost my
> unanswered questions from a few months ago, and if I get an answer,  
> I'll try
> to integrate it into the wiki.

Do so. I am looking forward to read it.

Regards

Marcel


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