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

["M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@iee.org>]

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On 18/07/17 22:40, Michał Górny wrote:
> 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,
>
Very diplomatically put ... *takes hat off* ...


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