From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GVCOh-0004Ia-JA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:27:16 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k94JPPGp015020; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:25:25 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k94JLOlL030903 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:21:24 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.106] (c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.171.150.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B1564504 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:21:23 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <452409B0.5060101@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:21:20 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060916) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo World Domination. a 10 step guide References: <20061004070014.843d851d.tcort@gentoo.org> <45239C82.2050502@gentoo.org> <1159972037.10543.28.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> <4523F47F.2070502@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <4523F47F.2070502@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4DFAE2C8BFD9DCF4734BDE5E" X-Archives-Salt: 306514db-1631-4f0a-bb32-9c76b35ec89c X-Archives-Hash: c6a67bd4380645375274d1207e5eb79a This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4DFAE2C8BFD9DCF4734BDE5E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Chris Gianelloni wrote: >> Now, perhaps what everyone would like, instead, would be status report= s >> *where necessary* from certain projects? >> >> In fact, the council has been discussing asking a few projects about t= he >> status on some of their tasks. The main reason for this is for >> communications purposes. Basically, we'd just get a "Hey, where are y= ou >> at on $x?" response from the teams. >> >> I don't *want* to drown projects in bureaucracy and paperwork. I want= >> them to *accomplish* things, instead. >=20 > I really like the concept of answering questions rather than giving > arbitrary reports. The problem is, sometimes nobody outside your projec= t > knows the right questions to ask. I was thinking more about this. What if, instead of these periodic status reports, you just send out a note when something interesting happens? There's no point in holding it back till your monthly required report, and it saves the trouble of the report when nothing's happening. Thanks, Donnie --------------enig4DFAE2C8BFD9DCF4734BDE5E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFJAmyXVaO67S1rtsRAoWXAKDtigrb45VSNqXJ9gqyVOzHpevHVQCgiysW AqurQgr18IQoEf0LPjEEu/o= =2Vcr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4DFAE2C8BFD9DCF4734BDE5E-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list