Derek Martin wrote:
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 11:42:12PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
I certainly dont expect you to read every link or response posted in
this list. I agree that noone would have time for that generally but if
you want to respond to something I have said, I would have expect you to
read and understand what I have told. I would consider that a very fair
expectation. Agreed?
Yes, and no. Your post suggested that the OP get involved, as if he
wasn't getting involved already by participating here. I do apologize
for responding without full knowledge, but at the same time, given the
context, I don't think it was unreasonable to assume that you were
suggesting he write code without bothering to look at the link. It's
something that one hears too often from programmers on mailing lists
like this one, and again, I think sending that link is saying that
you think he's not already involved by participating here. Hence the
assumption. Sorry.
Reasonable I guess. One of the reasons I wrote the page is avoid the
misconceptions of being unable to participate because of lack of skills
or interest in coding. Participating in the list is definitely a good
thing but if anyone here wants to make a difference it would take a more
active form of contribution. That can of any form as indicated in the
link besides a few that I have probably not written down yet.
regards
Rahul
