Re: Release notes and wgo revamp

[Claus Schwarm <c schwarm gmx net>]

Hi, Joachim!

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:43:25 +0000
Joachim <joachim gnome googlemail com> wrote:

> There are no writers to create the content.

There is content at the current WGO. In fact, lots of content. That
was the point of my initial mail.


> There is no indication that waiting 6 months will produce writers. If
> anything, more delays may put people off.

Yes, you might be right. On the other hand, people complain about
the state of WGO for years: Did the incomplete and partially wrong
content on WGO produce many writers during the last years?

Nothing will increase the number of writers for sure. One can only
work with what one has.

Waiting six months means Quim and the other existing volunteers can
write the content they wanted from the start.


> Granted a move right now might make things worse.
> But we need to ask: why can a project like Gnome not attract (and
> *retain*) writers?

I think the correct answer is bike shed effect [1] but a discussion
about the reasons is probably off-topic.


Cheers,
Claus

[1] http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/lexicon.html#bikeshed