on 4/7/2011 1:02 PM Dag Wieers spake the following: > On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, R P Herrold wrote: > >> On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, Tom H wrote: >> >>> This is the kind of answer that CentOS as a project >>> shouldn't allow (KB's recent use-something-else email is >>> another example) because it makes the developers look like >>> rank amateurs. >> >> It is _so_ easy to tell others what they should or should not >> do. Easier still for a bystander to criticize to jeer and >> mock from the sidelines > > When people state the project can do better, who did translate "the > project" to "Johnny" or "Karanbir" ? Nobody did, except Johnny and > Karanbir. > > Nobody is asking Johnny or Karanbir to work harder, that's the fallacy. > > But only Johnny and Karanbir can change how this project is organized at > the moment and the project is currently organized in such a way that if we > want more timely releases and updates, or we want better communication, or > we want more transparancy, Johnny and Karanbir will have to work harder. > > It doesn't have to be like this, but it feels like certain forces want to > keep things framed like this in discussions. > Are they resistant to change, or maybe just really don't know where to start? It looks like the latter may apply a little better.