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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:24:03 -0800
From: Matt Hogstrom <matt@hogstrom.org>
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Dave,

I agree with your assessment in the first paragraph.  I think the idea of 
communicating intent and ideas is what we are trying to do to build the 
community.  If people aren't communicating they are not really being part of the 
community process.  Perhaps your comments serve as a gentle reminder to us all 
to remember to communicate.  I think recent issues like the confusion in WADI 
could have been avoided if there had been more discussion on the list so people 
were aware of the planned changes.  I know its faster to write code than e-mails 
so not communicating is a temptation we need to avoid.

Thanks for the reminder.

Matt

David Jencks wrote:
> in my understanding of "the apache way", one of the important  
> principles is that all decisions happen on the mailing list.  To me,  
> for Geronimo, that means that if you are working on a feature more  
> complex than a simple bug fix, you describe it in general terms in an  
> email to the dev list or in a jira entry.  While I try to follow this  I 
> know I often fail and would appreciate reminders when I do.
> 
> When I don't see this happening, for Geronimo code or for code in  
> projects that are supposed to be on the way into incubation as  Geronimo 
> sub projects, I get worried and wonder how long the project  will survive.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> thanks
> david jencks
> 
> 
> 
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