Re: [Builder] Developer experience (DX) hackfest 2016

[Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>]

  > > It is easy to do streaming with free software, in a way that lets
  > > everyone watch with free software,

  > Incorrect. It is possible, but it is not easy...

That is a somewhat harsh way to say that you disagree.

I have never done video streaming myself, by any method, but the
people who give advice say they can guide non-wizards.

(I would post the email address here, but it seems unkind
to post someone's email address publicly without asking.
I asked them if it is ok.)

  > > and I know people who would be glad
  > > to help you do this.

  > ... and this is why. ;)

I can't make sense of that statement.  Surely the ease of streaming is
not a function of how I wrote the message.

  > You could have made it easier, than it is now, by pointing to an URL
  > which tells us how to do it

I have doubts about that.  A URL might be better for a wizard, who
could read it immediately rather than waiting for a response.
However, for someone who is not a wizard, personal guidance from an
expert is likely to be more helpful.  You can ask the expert to
explain any point that you don't understand -- something that you
can't do with a URL.

Let's suppose, for the sake of argument, that the URL is more helpful
than offering to put you in touch with an expert.  What's the right
way to respond to something that is helpful but could have been more
so?  "Why didn't you do it the other way?" seems ungrateful and
nonconstructive.

I will ask them for a URL I could post.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
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