Re: shortened flags affair, part 8: choosing appropriate flag (issue4312057)

[Graham Percival]

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.

> > 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 and 3.

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?

Cheers,
- Graham