Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-forrest-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 28520 invoked from network); 3 May 2006 22:59:04 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 3 May 2006 22:59:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 88017 invoked by uid 500); 3 May 2006 22:59:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-forrest-dev-archive@forrest.apache.org Received: (qmail 87974 invoked by uid 500); 3 May 2006 22:59:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@forrest.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: Reply-To: dev@forrest.apache.org List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@forrest.apache.org Received: (qmail 87961 invoked by uid 99); 3 May 2006 22:59:03 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 03 May 2006 15:59:03 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [212.23.3.140] (HELO pythagoras.zen.co.uk) (212.23.3.140) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 03 May 2006 15:59:02 -0700 Received: from [82.69.78.226] (helo=[192.168.0.2]) by pythagoras.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FbQIr-0005ps-B8 for dev@forrest.apache.org; Wed, 03 May 2006 22:58:41 +0000 Message-ID: <44593594.102@apache.org> Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 23:58:28 +0100 From: Ross Gardler User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@forrest.apache.org Subject: Re: [Proposal] Refining our Development Process References: <838319937.20060503183031@soethe.net> <4458EF8C.1000908@apache.org> <884371053.20060504000228@soethe.net> In-Reply-To: <884371053.20060504000228@soethe.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-Pythagoras-IP: [82.69.78.226] X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Ferdinand Soethe wrote: > [I'm sipping an excellent yeast brandy while typing this so please > excuse if not everything makes perfect sense :-)] > > Ross Gardler wrote: > > >>In open source projects there is a fourth type of user. This one sits >>somewhere between your type 1 and type 2, lets call them type "one and a >>half". > > >>These people are very technical and are able to work on experimental >>parts of the code base where that code adds benefit to their project. >>However, they may not want to work with other experimental parts of the >>code base. > > > Thanks for adding that piece of info. > So what exactly is the difference between group 1 and 1.5? A group 1 person will be happy to work with all experimental code. Perhaps they do not have any mission critical applications using the code base or they are between projects and have some time to experiment. A type 1.5 needs some new functionality for a mission critical app and will therefore spend time working on that piece of functionality, but they will not want to expose the app to non-essential development code. Ross