From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Cc: devmanual <devmanual@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The demotivating process of contributing to devmanual
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:22:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ0EP40Uu3YLf6fvOuO-3YRuh_PofKmnr6yo36Qb6M+-yBf8Ew@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fc1c33a537b742ea0e79a5cb6551ddb2cce0381f.camel@gentoo.org>
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 4:59 PM Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2019-10-15 at 16:47 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 4:35 PM Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > Hello, everyone.
> > >
> > > I'd like to highlight a major problem with devmanual. For a basic
> > > policy & developer documentation thingie, it's quality is so-so at best.
> > > A lot of stuff is missing, lots of things are outdated or even
> > > incorrect. Not many people are contributing, and those who try quickly
> > > resign.
> >
> > Maybe you should join the project? Especially if you are making major
> > contributions.
>
> Are you suggesting that I join the project and start committing without
> review, or disregarding review? I have serious doubts on joining
> the project if I am repeatedly proven to be doing things wrong --
> whether the issues were serious or not.
I'm suggesting that if you are unhappy with the current way a project
operates, it is easier to change it if you are a project member.
Also, if you need someone to review something, maybe ping people you
know will give useful feedback. I'm usually happy to do a review if
requested personally.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-15 21:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-15 20:35 [gentoo-dev] The demotivating process of contributing to devmanual Michał Górny
2019-10-15 20:47 ` Mike Gilbert
2019-10-15 20:59 ` Michał Górny
2019-10-15 21:10 ` Alec Warner
2019-10-15 21:22 ` Mike Gilbert [this message]
2019-10-16 18:00 ` Ulrich Mueller
2019-10-15 21:20 ` Gokturk Yuksek
2019-10-22 20:33 ` Michał Górny
2019-10-24 16:44 ` Gokturk Yuksek
2019-10-24 17:05 ` Michał Górny
2019-10-18 4:37 ` desultory
2019-10-18 5:53 ` Matt Turner
2019-10-19 3:00 ` desultory
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