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RE: Cygwin participation threshold
- To: <sjm@judgement.com>, "'Christopher Faylor'" <cgf@cygnus.com>
- Subject: RE: Cygwin participation threshold
- From: "Todd Goodman" <tsg1@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 10:44:53 -0500
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> Steve Morris writes:
[SNIP]
> Personal note: I attempted to sign up for the cygwin developers
> mailing list. I wasn't ready to commit to specific work but I wanted
> to get a feel for the level of mutual support and how the team
> interacted. I intended to silently lurk a while and then step into a
> more active role as I found a place to contribute. Apparently my
> justification and commitment didn't seem strong enough because I was
> silently excluded. No explanation, no apology. I just wasn't added to
> the list. It didn't leave a good taste in my mouth or predispose me to
> step up my level of commitment to this particular freeware project.
I had the same experience. A request for more information (which I
forwarded) but no response after that.
I can certainly understand wanting to keep usage questions, etc from
the developers list and I believe it's a reasonable rule to keep the
list restricted to those who contribute.
However, one of the best ways to get your feet wet and find a place
*to* contribute is to lurk on a developers list for a while.
As is likely the case with most who aren't active contributors, it is
available time at this point that keeps me from contributing more.
If I was able to lurk on the developers list then I could more easily
judge what I might be able to work on. If something looked like it
would fit with my available time then I might be able to contribute.
If I knew I might have more available time, I could see about something
else.
As it is now, I have no idea what even requires more work. Everything
works well for me. :-)
Just my $.02.
Thanks for all the good work,
Todd Goodman
[SNIP]
> Steve Morris
> sjm@judgement.com
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