On Mon, Sep 22, 2014, Deri James wrote: > On Sun 21 Sep 2014 20:50:37 Keith Marshall wrote: > > On 21/09/14 20:04, Deri James wrote: > > > I'm glad that Ulrich has answered you, it was not my place to > > > identify the person as they contacted me privately, > > > > Sure, but we must strenuously discourage such private communications; > > how on earth can we expect to effectively co-ordinate development, if > > potential developers are left in the dark, regarding what each other is > > doing? > > > > > but I felt the list should be aware something was in the wind. > > > > Right. Not just "should"; it is imperative. > > > Keith, > > I hope you agree that what I did was correct. If someone asks to look at my > code, it does not mean they are definitely going to write something, so its > not my part to announce their definite involvement, since the final decision > is theirs. However, I wanted to inform the list in case someone else was > working on the same thing. Have I breached etiquette by dealing with the > circumstances in this way?
I concur with Keith, but there was no breach of etiquette, IMO. Sometimes there are good reasons why list members prefer to discuss things off-list, especially during the exploratory phase of an idea. -- Peter Schaffter http://www.schaffter.ca
