Re: [gentoo-project] The problem of defunct and undermanned projects in Gentoo

["Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>]

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On wto, 2017-07-18 at 22:35 +0100, M. J. Everitt wrote:
> On 18/07/17 22:23, Kent Fredric wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:12:45 +0100
> > "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@iee.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > I think mgorny was doing some general commit stats, and I have yet to
> > > compile my own, but it would be very interesting to see how many
> > > 'active' team members there were in any given project. I suspect the
> > > results could be very telling ...
> > 
> > Its not even like they're "inactive", they're just not active *in the team*.
> > 
> > For some, there's no reason for them to devaway: 
> > 
> > - They're on IRC
> > - They commit daily
> > 
> > But they're on teams they seldom do things in.
> > 
> > This is probably more true the more teams you're on.
> 
> Then why are you 'in' the team.. I mean, there's one thing to idle on an
> IRC channel, but membership does normally imply some form of
> contribution, no? Or is it just to make you 'look'
> interested/popular/part-of-the-furniture ....

Well, that *is* a problem. However, we are supposed to be friendly
and nice, and not tell other developers that they have done literally
nothing during the 2 years they're part of some project. That could
discourage them from contributing.

You are also not supposed to try to offload yourself and distribute
the work to them. That's bossing around, and it discourages others from
actually doing anything.

So, well, you're just supposed to smile and thank them for doing nothing
for the project because otherwise they could feel offended
and discouraged from doing anything,

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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