Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 02:19:39 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Message-ID: <3E4074BB.6070200@cream.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030204185837.040269d0@localhost> References: <20030204101527.GJ5093@atreides.freenix.no> <20030204101527.GJ5093@atreides.freenix.no> <4.3.2.7.2.20030204185837.040269d0@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote: >>The Project would be better off if people tried to take other's seeming >>offenses less seriously in general, and particularly when considering >>actions which are likely to send someone packing forever, like the >>withdrawal of priviledges or even the sending of a too-harsh flame. >> >> > >I agree. This is one of the problems which is exacerbated by the >fact that the project is governed by the developers. Many >developers, even quite brilliant ones, are short-tempered and >react very badly when the smallest amount of their bandwidth is >consumed by something that is not of interest to them. They lack >the patience and diplomatic skills to be managers of the entire >project. Yet, FreeBSD, due largely to its history, still vests >general governance in the "core team" -- which, in fact, might be glad >to get rid of that responsibility and focus pretty much exclusively >on hacking. > You could well be right there Brett. I think many organisations have people that excelled in a technical position and are promoted into management despite a lack of ability to perform a managerial role. The problem in FreeBSD's context is that if the experienced developers who have the time and dedication to be 'in-charge' don't do the job, then who does? No one knows this project like its developers, and no one else would want the job of trying to steer it..... I personally am generally pleased with how -core performs its duties. It's also important not to generalise too much, I think "many developers" should be "some developers". :) Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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