http://www.jonobacon.org/2007/04/18/simple-mechanisms-sane-processes/ At home with Jono Bacon, Community Manager and Author Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jonobacon.org/2007/04/18/simple-mechanisms-sane-processes/comment-page-1/#comment-45267 Sebastian Heinlein Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:49:52 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=946#comment-45267 <p>Rosetta is a good example that lowering the barriers for beginners and one-time-contributors is not enough. It still lacks a quality assurance and guidance infrastructure. I hope that your blog post was a statement of Canonical to raise the priority of these features.</p> Rosetta is a good example that lowering the barriers for beginners and one-time-contributors is not enough. It still lacks a quality assurance and guidance infrastructure. I hope that your blog post was a statement of Canonical to raise the priority of these features.

]]> http://www.jonobacon.org/2007/04/18/simple-mechanisms-sane-processes/comment-page-1/#comment-45086 beza1e1 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:22:29 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=946#comment-45086 <ol> <li>Every technical problem can be solved by introducing a layer of indirection (cite?). <ol> <li>Every people problem can be solved by removing a level of indirection.</li> </ol></li> </ol>

Every technical problem can be solved by introducing a layer of indirection (cite?).

1. Every people problem can be solved by removing a level of indirection.

]]> http://www.jonobacon.org/2007/04/18/simple-mechanisms-sane-processes/comment-page-1/#comment-45058 Stephanie Daugherty Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:34:10 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=946#comment-45058 <p>Very well said. I've been very discouraged by the barriers to participation found in many open source projects. These barriers in both culture and process threaten rather than preserve the vitality of projects, by allowing the same intellectual stagnation and lack of innovation that hampers proprietary software. Quite simply, there is little or no benefit to open source without open community. --Steph</p> Very well said. I’ve been very discouraged by the barriers to participation found in many open source projects. These barriers in both culture and process threaten rather than preserve the vitality of projects, by allowing the same intellectual stagnation and lack of innovation that hampers proprietary software. Quite simply, there is little or no benefit to open source without open community. –Steph

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