And that is precisely the problem. The majority of people you get are those who like absolute basics and that for sure is not the majority. It makes it more exclusive.
you want contributors to be somewhat serious about a project and not just hanging out at ones as it meets their fancy
IMO, you want people to be passionate about your project. Treating a project a job isn’t going to attract more people, but less.
Frankly, IRC and mailinglists epitomise the toxic and exclusive nerd culture that linux is known for and still has trouble shaking. “No, I don’t want more users, eternal september”, “RTFM noob”, “no, I will not adapt, you adapt”, etc. . Not all change is good, but the same goes for “but it’s always been done this way”.
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And that is precisely the problem. The majority of people you get are those who like absolute basics and that for sure is not the majority. It makes it more exclusive.
IMO, you want people to be passionate about your project. Treating a project a job isn’t going to attract more people, but less.
Frankly, IRC and mailinglists epitomise the toxic and exclusive nerd culture that linux is known for and still has trouble shaking. “No, I don’t want more users, eternal september”, “RTFM noob”, “no, I will not adapt, you adapt”, etc. . Not all change is good, but the same goes for “but it’s always been done this way”.
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