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[Alex Smith <alex AT alexsmith.org>]

Hi Jeremy,


Jeremy Blosser (emrys) wrote:

> On Apr 27, Alex Smith [alex AT alexsmith.org] wrote:
>  
>
> > I've found, after repeated attempts at learning to program, it'll never be
> > my forte. I've instead decided, to try and devote myself in some way to
> > promoting (and of course evangelising) Sourcemage GNU/Linux.
> >    
>
> Several places in your proposal you make mention of 'getting more
> developers' and 'getting more users'.  However, you never indicate *why*
> you think we would want more developers or users, it's just a given this is
> what we'd want.  Can you say a bit about why you think these are
> necessarily good things?  
There are several unmaintained sections of SMGL, I'd like to help out 
filling in some of the gaps in the teams. I'd also like to be able to 
take some of the load from the current developers, as our current team 
getting burned out would be counterproductive for all of us.

> And how important are they?  Where should they
> sit in priorities?  If getting new users conflicts with other things the
> distro wants, what should happen?
>  
As Sergey so eloquently put it, I too do not believe that we are near 
the 'tipping point' of having too many users, I do however understand 
your point. I hope to amass more users toward the release of 1.0, 
however with more users, must come more developers and vice versa. I do 
not believe we are in danger of conflicting with what the distribution 
wants, however if you do have specific concerns, please do bring them up 
and I hope to be able to answer that, too.


> Note: I'm not arguing they *aren't* good things.  But many distros chase
> after them with just the assumption that's what it's all about, when that
> isn't necessarily the case.  Many distros also never consider at the start
> that there are problems and issues introduced by looking for more users or
> developers, and these need to be dealt with in a manner appropriate with
> the greater goals of the distribution.
>
> If we're going to have an official PR team I'd just like to know where the
> potential team lead would stand on these issues.  Thanks.
>  
Thanks for your feedback.


--
Alex Smith 
<alex AT alexsmith.org>

"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have 
one."