Well said, Fogus, well said. On Sunday, January 20, 2013 9:16:35 PM UTC+6, Fogus wrote: > > I'll just add a few points: > > Pull requests are not likely to happen. It's not worth fighting over. > However, I think that is a weak excuse for not contributing. If you > want to contribute a complex bug fix, then the patch process is > trivial by comparison. If you want to contribute doc fixes and think > that the patch process is too cumbersome (or in the case of the wiki, > not applicable) then there are numerous options in order of decreasing > visibility: > > - use Github's annotation capabilities to add editorial comments > (e.g. https://t.co/UXrsMk2M) > - mailing lists > - send a tweet > - IRC > - email your suggested enhancements to the maintainer > > There are many ways to contribute valuable documentation and minor bug > fixes than the patch system. In most cases a matter of rights never > comes into play because using editorial commentary and the > identification of bugs fall under the aegis of fair use (otherwise Joy > of Clojure would have 24 co-authors). There are other advantages to > Github besides pull requests, annotations being just the one that > directly pertains to this discussion. If you want to help then there > are numerous ways to do so. If you want to push an agenda then by all > means continue this thread. > > I would love to see a better system in place for contributing to the > wiki. I have no solution sadly. > > Likewise I would love to see a separate mailing lists and IRC for > ClojureScript -- although nothing is stopping someone from creating > them except the promise of a thankless job in moderation. Maybe > that's why it hasn't happened yet - everyone is hoping someone else > will do the dirty work. ;-) > > We're all friends here. Everyone wants to help. There are ways to > help that do not involve endless mailing list threads and personal > distaste of process. >
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