Re: Questions about opal video plugins

Craig,

> (...)
> Once submitted, and if the patch is likely to be of
interest
> to many people, then there is no problem with posting
to the list
> concurrently so that everyone has an opportunity to
know about the
> new code. This post should include the patch reference
number,
> but should *not* include a copy of the patch.
> 
> This post is an appropriate place to acknowledge
attribution
> of code, and any sponsorship. It's not a place for
scoring
> points off other developers or pushing commercial
products.

I think that fixing other developers' bugs (whether as a
paid job or not)
should not be construed as "scoring points".

Software projects, and particularly open source projects,
should require the
highest standards when accepting new contributions. Besides,
a little
competition among developers may actually help in that
area.

For the rest, I agree. Acknowledgment of developers and
their sponsors is
important to encourage better and more numerous
contributions.

Cheers,

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Guilhem Tardy              Salyens - Video streaming and
VoIP solutions
                                                http://www.salyens.com/


 
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:27:27 -0800 (PST)
Guilhem <gravstenyahoo.com> wrote:

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> > This post is an appropriate place to acknowledge
attribution
> > of code, and any sponsorship. It's not a place for
scoring
> > points off other developers or pushing commercial
products.
> 
> I think that fixing other developers' bugs (whether as
a paid job or not)
> should not be construed as "scoring points".
>
> Software projects, and particularly open source
projects, should require the
> highest standards when accepting new contributions.
Besides, a little
> competition among developers may actually help in that
area.

I agree completely with both of these statements.

What I meant by the phrase "scoring points" was
finger-pointing at other
developers and questioning their motives or level of skill.
We're all
contributors and I choose to believe everyone is doing their
best.

Personal comments or sarcasm are at best easily
misinterpreted, and at
worst, hurtful and denigrating to others. . I'd be very
disapointed to
see the list go down that route, as many other mailing lists
have done.

Guilhem - I'm not singling out *anybody* by this comment, so
please
don't think it is about you in particular, as it is not
intended as such.

My intent is to refer to everyone 

> For the rest, I agree. Acknowledgment of developers and
their sponsors is
> important to encourage better and more numerous
contributions.

Once more, we are in agreement.

   Craig

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> On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:27:27 -0800 (PST)
> Guilhem <gravstenyahoo.com> wrote:
> > For the rest, I agree. Acknowledgment of
developers and their sponsors is
> > important to encourage better and more numerous
contributions.

Indeed, this one of the main things I like about CVS, and
the use of CVS 
history in each source file. Thus, each file contains a semi
permanent 
record of who made what contribution. Sure, there have been
mistakes made
in these entries, but usually those with CVS commit
priviledges get the 
commit message right.

It does cause some anxt- some complain that the history at
the head of the 
file is too long. However, the reply is: get a better editor
which folds 
that all away.

My view is that hiding those commit messages, and requiring
the user to 
type cvs history on some file is see the commit message is
not good 
enough. Open source projects are required to thank people
frequently and 
often. Public acknowledgement is the motivating factor of
open source 
development (just like wages/salary is the motivating factor
of closed 
source code).

Derek.
 -- 
Derek Smithies Ph.D.
IndraNet Technologies Ltd.
Email: derekindranet.co.nz
ph +64 3 365 6485
Web: http://www.indr
anet-technologies.com/
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