Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 05:15:42 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Magnus B?ckstr?m <b@etek.chalmers.se> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Message-ID: <20030205031542.GD13588@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0302050026260.82664-100000@scrooge.etek.chalmers.se> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0302041140130.26438-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0302050026260.82664-100000@scrooge.etek.chalmers.se>
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On 2003-02-05 00:28, Magnus B?ckstr?m <b@etek.chalmers.se> wrote: > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Larry Sica wrote: > > > invested in freebsd because i am not a developer. Without ppl like > > > me, the users, there would be no freebsd to speak of. In the end it is > > > all about the users i think. > > > > With an open source project (even a large operating system), generally the > > (non-paid) developers do the work for their own needs (or interests). > > > > I'd assume that many of the committers would do the work even without the > > large user community. > > Until they go and do something else, yes. There is turnover in the > developer community; without the users there is no base for recruitment > (actually diffusion into the community) of developers. In the end, it is > all about the users, indeed. You're right. IMNSHO, Contributors, all of them, no matter how large their work on FreeBSD is, should always (and I mean *ALWAYS*, in bold, caps, possibly underlined too) be treated as "potential committers". - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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