Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: MtnSummit 2008

[Markus Schiltknecht]

Hey Nathaniel,

Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> Well, OK.  One difference is that Siggi has apparently gone ahead and
> down a huge pile of work for Wuppertal:
>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.monotone.devel/13143
> and no-on has done squat for Zurich (AFAICT, I might well have missed
> something).

Well, I did some squat for Zurich. But admittedly, I can't offer a home 
offering place for 10 people (not even on air mattresses).

> I guess it's true that no-one is standing up and saying "this is
> what's happening", which is usually the only way to get this kind of
> crowd all moving in the same direction.

Understood. Theoretically... :-)

> I can see how Siggi would be
> uncomfortable with just dictating to the list like that, though.

Well, so did (and still do) I :-(

> I dunno, would it help if I just made some dictatorial pronouncement?

:-)

> "Hereby let it be known that as far as I can tell, Wuppertal is
> kicking Zurich's butt this time around, so if we want this to happen
> we should all line up to make it happen in Wuppertal, or come up with
> some good reason why not".

Okay, I agree.

> (I guess dictatorial pronouncements
> traditionally do more than just make factual observations about the
> world, but hey, if it works...)

Hehe.. yeah, there's this ... ehm... still room for improvement if you 
want to become a real dictator :-)

Regards

Markus