Re: [Freemind-developer] Accepting help in development

[Dimitry P. <dpo...@gm...>]

Hi,

I do not agree:
> a. all projects (Debian, Jpackage, transcode) I am familiar with have 
> developer lists open to everybody and I don't know that this would be a 
> problem.

Our list has an other goal: it is a medium for decision making. Debian 
has many open mail lists comparable to our forums, but I do not think 
that all their decision processes are open for any user.

> b. I nevertheless did agree to have a closed developer list FreeMind 
> even though I'm still not convinced it's the best solution.
> c. But then what is the criteria to let people in?

All contributing people who's contributions have already been accepted 
can become a write access.

> d. I think that by putting people willing to help asap on the list, we 
> motivate them and make our chances bigger that they stay on the project 
> and provide valuable help. By keeping them out, I think that you just 
> put a barrier for them to feel part of the team.

As I already have mentioned only people taking part in the project may 
participate in the decision making. We have three discussions forums, I 
have subscribed to the open discussion forum and read almost everything 
there. And if there is a some reason not to make something publicly, 
only a private mail helps.

> Remember, it's all about community, the people want to be part of the 
> team, they want to have the feeling they belong to it. We currently have 
> only 2 developers, I don't think it's enough if we want to have more 
> releases than 1 per year.

I generally agree that new developers could accelerate the project. My 
way to find such people would be

- write in wiki and in forum what kind of help we need,
- make announcements on the source forge
- all this things only after the 0.9.0 is release: we just can not take 
care of all things simultaneously.

>> 2. I could take responsibility for the first contact and sending the 
>> response mail. I do not think that we need pate as a role in team, 
>> because it always depends on the contribution, who is the best person to 
>> stay in contact. I could coordinate such efforts, but I am not sure if 
>> it is needed.
> OK, I can't be pate and if they're on the list, they can ask, but 
> someone needs to answer. If it's about development, I probably won't be 
> the one. Again, it's about motivation!

And I would be glad if Chris could write us his opinion too.

Dimitry