Re: Signing off our target audience (was Re: Example of targetted release notes)
- From: Dave Neary <bolsh gnome org>
- To: Joachim <joachim gnome googlemail com>
- Cc: GNOME Marketing List <marketing-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Signing off our target audience (was Re: Example of targetted release notes)
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:59:14 +0200
Joachim wrote:
On 3/26/07, *Dave Neary* <bolsh gnome org <mailto:bolsh gnome org>> wrote:
Thilo Pfennig wrote:
> So I like to suggest that "we" talk about who "we" are.
Can we not, please?
There is so much easy obvious stuff (which I think we can all agree on)
to do in terms of outreach
like?
Have I been talking to myself for the last 6 months?
okay.
can we make a start on a forward-led roadmap for gnome? that would
involve a lot of talking to people inside the project
For example. If you want to make real change in GNOME, then you will need:
- A really good idea of what you want to have changed
- A really good idea of why
- A really good idea of who to talk to inside GNOME to get that done
(note: you'll have to convince others to do the work on the merits of
your ideas, unless you do it yourself)
- A long-term will to get your change adopted and coded and into GNOME.
Things that will not work:
- complaining on desktop-devel-list that maintainers aren't documenting
all the stuff they want to do in spite of you asking them to (note:
anything which involves putting a diverse group of people under a single
name for the purposes of asking for something or complaining isn't going
to work - maintainers are a widely varying bunch)
- Proclaiming on ddl that you know what the future direction of GNOME
is, now get to work lads.
I think this is a great idea - and I think there are a bunch of big
steps forward you can make by convincing a relatively small number of
people to follow certain ideas. I just want you to realise that it's a
veryu human task, and risks being frustrating (for an idea, just look
how frustrated Quim's been trying to change the website, which everyone
agrees needs changing).
Cheers,
Dave.
--
Dave Neary
GNOME Foundation member
bolsh gnome org
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