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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Scanner: mx2.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -5.67 X-Spam-Score: -5.67 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 01EF45747A X-TUID: QJZK2Sxz58PB > Now you might say that this leads to less diversity in the team of > committers and maintainers as you need a certain level of privilege to > seriously entertain the idea of dedicating that much time and effort to > a project and I agree, but I also think this is a bigger reality of > volunteer work in general. the ultimate goal is not just diversity, but high efficiency of the people = who cooperate around Guix, which then translates into a better Guix. if the "rituals" around Guix contribution were merely a steep initial learn= ing curve, then one could argue that it's a kind of filter that helps with = the signal to noise ratio. but i think it's also a constant hindrance, not = just an initial learning curve. > Just because it's brought up a lot of times doesn't mean it's a good > idea. There is a lot of good things that can be done for our web-based > front ends; improving the search results on issues.guix.gnu.org would > be one of them. However, I have little hopes for a web based means to > submit contributions. I think email should be a format that's > understood by folks who know how to operate a web browser. again, i would press the argument that it's not about being able to, but ab= out how much effort/attention is wasted on administration (i.e. not on hack= ing). i often have the impression that it took comparable effort to submit = a smaller to mid size patch than making it. --=20 =E2=80=A2 attila lendvai =E2=80=A2 PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 -- =E2=80=9CVirtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very i= ntelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to fee= l special and important.=E2=80=9D =09=E2=80=94 Thomas Sowell (1930=E2=80=93)