Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:54:33 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status reports - why not regularly? Message-ID: <xzp65ffuceu.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.1.20040113141847.042fc870@imap.sfu.ca> (Colin Percival's message of "Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:21:23 %2B0000") References: <20040113093903.GA84055@mimoza.pantel.net> <1073998390.18384.19.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> <20040114001137.5ce8983b@piglet.goo> <1074000332.18384.43.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> <20040114003443.260c6738@piglet.goo> <4003F684.6090907@centtech.com> <xzpeku4t0bt.fsf@dwp.des.no> <6.0.1.1.1.20040113141847.042fc870@imap.sfu.ca>
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Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> writes: > I think we're approaching this issue from the wrong angle. In your > opinion, what -- if anything -- can be asked of developers which would > contribute to the provision of status reports? You can't expect them to take the initiative in submitting information for the status reports. Experience shows that they will be enthusiastic about your undertaking for about three minutes and then forget about it. You can however expect them to answer questions about their work if you can't figure things out on your own. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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