On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 10:34 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: > Maybe this semi-automatic stabilisation by default could be adopted by > the tree cleaners project?
I propose that we remove the name "project" from any "team" that really consists of only one or two people. I think part of the problem is that many people assume that because there is a project, there must be some kind of support structure behind it. Another thing that doesn't help is the number of people that "join" a project, but don't actually *do* anything for the project. I implore all developers to do the following. If you are listed as a member of a project, but aren't actively participating, remove yourself from the list. Perhaps if our tools showed the real state of things, rather than the utopian non-truth, we would get help in the places where it is really needed. A good example of this is the x86 team. There are currently 15 developers listed. At most, 5 of them are active on the team. This makes it look like the team has plenty of help, when the truth is that the team is barely managing to keep their heads above water. Users don't know that the team needs help, because the numbers look so large artificially. This problem gives everyone the wrong impression of the state of affairs within Gentoo and keeps us from being able to get help or provide help in the areas that need it most. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead x86 Architecture Team Games - Developer Gentoo Linux
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