>On 31.10-08:20, Theo de Raadt wrote: >[ ... ] >> They don't need a list. They could already have started coding. Yet >> we see how few people actually do start coding. Instead, they choose >> to write in english... > >on the counter-side we appear to have people who can code but are >unable to communicate productively otherwise. > >surely there must be _some_ merit to creating a list of lower level >development tasks (as dictated by those with experience to judge) to >encourage people to enter the development cycle. of course, there >will be a large attrition rate, most people like the idea but can't >stick the learning curve. others may be intelligent and able but less >confident and just need pointed in the right direction. > >obviously the intention should be to try and capture the latter without >loosing energy on the former.
Lists have been made before, by a few developers. It did not work then, and it won't work now. Development is not the same process as writing a whiny mail.
