25 Jun
2008
25 Jun
'08
5:30 p.m.
Since I'm stuck at work without IRC, I need to do this the old fashioned way
during my lunch break. I've followed the general discussion thanks to the
IRC logs of other people, so here goes.
First, Aleksey, you said that the intial blowup occurred because Magnus went
public and etc with what you said was a private issue between him and you.
But you also said that his development/commit pattern was hurting the
project. If that was the case, then I personally don't think it should have
stayed an issue between just the two of you. If his changes were that
disruptive, it's a matter that every member of the project needs to help
deal with. And this should be the case no matter who the person is.
Second, the need for a "repository coordinator" or someone besides yourself
who has the ability to add and remove commit access is not merely an
administrative matter. The lack of such a person placed more strain on you
in the recent incident because the only person Magnus could go to after his
commit access was limited was you, a person who had become extremely
frustrated with him. Frustration can go both ways, as both of you became
pissed at the other. Not the best mood to be in to resolve issues. While
you, as the project coordinator, are the one who lays down a general
direction for the project, it doesn't mean you need to act as the enforcer.
Having one or two people who overlap in certain areas of responsibility
helps let you avoid becoming too entangled in one particular issue and
becoming too personally invested in it. In a major disagreement, that is
definitely something to avoid.
The number of developers is still small, so it's not out of the ordinary
that you pay personal attention to things you think are important or
problematic. That's also not a bad thing, but you could easily become
overextended and overworked. It also creates an overdependence on you for
certain, mundane matters, which further spread you thin. You also may
forget or not even be aware that a certain someone else may be able to help
you with a specific issue, simply because that person never found such an
issue falling into his/her (one day) field of responsibility.
There are plenty of people around you who can help you deal with these
matters, just trust us to stay on the path you set. Even if you feel a
developer isn't complying, that doesn't mean you personally need to go after
them. The rest of us are here and if we know of the problem and how serious
you think it is, we'd be able to help.
Anyways, that's my say in this entire affair. Also, the me logged in right
now is my comp at home, for logging purposes, so I won't respond on IRC
until I get home.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:48 AM, James Tabor <jimtabor.rosdev(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello,
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 5:05 AM, Aleksey Bragin <aleksey(a)reactos.org>
wrote:
On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:21 AM, James Tabor wrote:
Used in the beginning to control us and manipulate the project. I
guess based on you explanation you have assumed full control of this
project and you are asserting your self. The problem now, we do not
need a dictator and the quickest way to run off developers like myself
would do the very thing you are doing now. You must realize I'm not
the only one that thinks this way.
1) The Project Coordinator Should attempt to make
decisions according
to the consensus of the Project Members.
Mr. Bragin is making procedural changes with out the full consensus of
all Project Members.
When a so-called "audit" problem happened, it was almost the same
(personal problems between developers, namely Hartmut Birr, Ge van
Geldorp, Casper Hornstrup and Alex Ionescu, which resulted in mutual
charges of various bad and made up things, and gladly picked up by
some people related to Wine team to suppress ReactOS project
development).
And yes, James, there was a democracy back then, and all decisions
were made according to the consensus of Project Members.
But do you remember what this led to? And where would it go if Mr.
Geldorp would not help (even though he wasn't "at my side"!) and Mr.
Bragin would not back up the repository and open it up for further
development?
As for Repository Coordinator, why made up positions where there is
no need? Coordinate what? And yes, I not only assumed, but took full
control, in order to prevent situations like "audit fiasco" in future.
If you see how much outburst and disclosing
private information
(vulnerable to at least one person!) Magnus Olsen did, it,
unfortunately!, proofs he's mentally unstable, and can not take part
in this project. He's welcome to send in patches though, I won't mind
reviewing them, since legally his work could go into ReactOS repository.
If there are further questions, don't hesitate to continue
discussion. I want to clear this up once and for good. One thing
which I ensure you, there will be no committers who work against the
project and open source.
With the best regards,
Aleksey Bragin.
This is very formal and is not in any way threatening. I would
appreciate having your last comment be recanted due to it creates a
hostile environment. We are gentlemen here.
Thank you for your time answering this,
Sincerely,
James Tabor
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