[LEDE-DEV] OpenWRT tree vs LEDE tree

[Bruno Randolf]

On 20/05/16 11:22, Daniel Curran-Dickinson wrote:
> On 16-05-20 05:44 AM, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 04:13:37AM -0400, Daniel Curran-Dickinson wrote:
>>> On 16-05-20 04:08 AM, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> the whole point of my side sentence was to give a hint that maybe my
>>>> impressions and suggestions are not entirely unfounded or discardable.
>>>> it's up to the reader to check my "creds" if they don't take my word.
>>>
>>> The problem is that you were using "big openly governed communities" to
>>> suggest that you had experience in how successful openly governed
>>> projects work.  If that's not actually the case, then there is no point
>>> to saying what you said, other than to try and *sound* like you know
>>> something you don't.
>>>
>> how exactly is that not covered by what i just said?
> 
> "this didn't imply anything in particular about how these communities are
> run, or that lede should copy their modus opandi."
> 
> You seem not to have meant this sentence the way I too it, which is as
> turning around and saying KDE and/or Qt may or may not be open
> communities, and that it was irrelevant whether they were or not.
> 
> My point is that the only relevance to you saying you participate in
> "*big* openly governed communities" is to imply that you know what a
> successful openly governed community looks like.
> 
> IF that is what you are saying then it is entirely relevant to look at
> those communities to see what, if anything, from them applies.
> 
> IF that is not what you are saying then that sentence is just puffery.
> 
> I'm not saying someone has to be a member of such a community to have an
> opinion, but you're implying that your opinion should be given weight
> *because of* your participation in such a community, which is why
> examining the claim is relevant, in addition to looking at the
> communities and seeing what can be learned from them.
> 
> The issue I have is not with the notion of transparency, but that that
> you imply that your particular view isn't just an opinion but based on
> experience, but then you turn around and say it's irrelevant whether the
> communities are open or not.
> 
> You're not making sense in this respect.

Come on Daniel, give him a break.

bruno