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

[Janek Warchoł]

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

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