Re: [Fwd: Website]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Steve Fox">

> > I'll chat to Greg when he gets back online. Unfortunately, the admins of
> > the machines are hackers too, and everyone's working very hard on GNOME
> > 2.0 stuff.
> 
> Why in the world don't we have a dedicated group of non-hackers or at
> least less prominent hackers maintaining the box?  I can fully appreciate
> that the current admins are busy, but I'm sure there are plenty of
> non-coders with 31337 admin skillz who would be willing to help out. 

I have offered numerous, numerous times, but Owen tells me that "we have
enough people, just not enough time" or "we have enough people, just don't
have a request tracking system".

Again, as I've said before, I am:

  a) very happy to help administer the GNOME machines, and see it as one of
  the things I would like to do to help out GNOME infrastructural stuff
  (indeed, it would be hard to do this without administering the machines)

  b) willing to implement a request tracker for the administrators

  c) willing to document existing and improved systems so we don't have such
  a bloody hassle dealing with changes further down the track, like we do
  now

It really is frustrating to be in a position to contribute a lot -
especially in an area that so badly needs help - but not be able to.

How can we fix this, guys?

> Oh well...I guess I need to work on patience.

Haw haw. ;)

- Jeff

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