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Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312
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Janek Warchoł |
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Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057) |
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Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:10:33 +0200 |
2011/4/16 Graham Percival <address@hidden>
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:17:23PM +0200, Janek Warchoł wrote:
> > 2011/4/15 Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
> > > Note that both of these points require little or no technical
> > > ability. Non-technically-skilled users can help tremendously with
> > > these points. And if we can reduce the time it takes to read
> > > emails from 5 hours a week to 3 hours a week, that allows
> > > programmers to spend more time programming or helping each other.
> >
> > I have an idea concerning this, should i wait for GOP or start a discussion?
>
> Send it to me privately, and I'll add it to the GOP list. With
> this branching, we have more than enough vague policy discussions
> on -devel at the moment.
ok.
> > > Right. The main problem for you is:
> > > - you need a mentor. Somebody who can guide you through the
> > > steps, encourage you, and investigate if you get truly stuck.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, Mike Solomon is the only programmer who has offered
> > > to mentor people, and IIRC he's paired up with Benko Pal.
> >
> > Mike is also my mentor, see your mail "contributors / mentors" from 22
> > II. Unfortunately, he has been busy since April 3rd and said he will
> > remain busy until next thursday.
>
> In that case, I think that you're guilty of not following the
> contributor's responsibilities:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/contributor/mentors
> Namely, points 2
Poor Mike, i'd flood him totally if i obeyed this rule.
> and 3.
I'm not sure if this would really help. However, i could have tried.
> I agree that it's unfortunate that you need to wait until he's not
> busy, but those guidelines are there to protect you. At the
> moment, you're disappointed, frustrated, and you feel like you've
> wasted a lot of time and effort. I would rather have new
> contributors feeling impatient to hear back from their mentors,
> rather than wasting a lot of effort.
>
> There are lots of tasks that need to be done, so if you *are*
> stuck waiting for a week or two for your mentor, you could try
> doing some other task?
Like attached one?
cheers,
Janek
0001-Doc-issue-1453-how-to-create-Lilydev-iso.patch
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- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), (continued)
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), percival . music . ca, 2011/04/04
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Janek Warchoł, 2011/04/06
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Graham Percival, 2011/04/07
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Janek Warchoł, 2011/04/14
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Graham Percival, 2011/04/15
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Valentin Villenave, 2011/04/15
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Janek Warchoł, 2011/04/15
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Graham Percival, 2011/04/16
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057),
Janek Warchoł <=
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Janek Warchoł, 2011/04/16
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Graham Percival, 2011/04/17
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Janek Warchoł, 2011/04/17
- Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057), Graham Percival, 2011/04/18