* Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo
@ 2010-06-17 6:59 99% ` "Paweł Hajdan, Jr."
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From: "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." @ 2010-06-17 6:59 UTC (permalink / raw
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On 6/17/10 12:47 AM, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> On 06/16/10 18:39, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote:
>> I believe one can't solve this problem by using rules.
> any ideas what could help?
I think the "How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People"
presentation may be helpful here.
Summary:
<http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2006/07/oscon_how_open_source_projects.html>
Video: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSFDm3UYkeE>
Slides:
<http://www.slideshare.net/vishnu/how-to-protect-yourhow-to-protect-your-open-source-project-from-poisonous-people>
Some of the points that I think apply especially to Gentoo would be:
> Attention and focus are scarce resources and you need to protect
> them.
> Finally, look out for people unwilling to cooperate with others. Be
> wary of people who complain, but are unwilling to help fix the
> problem at hand, people who refuse to discuss design and people who
> cannot take criticism.
> Perfectionists and people obsessed with process can derail forward
> progress (unintentionally).
Paweł
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