Comments on: The value of engagement http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/ Dave Neary's view of the world Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » 2009 blog links collection http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-2427 Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » 2009 blog links collection Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:58:21 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/#comment-2427 [...] The value of engagement [...] [...] The value of engagement [...]

]]> By: Dave Neary http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 Dave Neary Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:15:48 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/#comment-2317 If it gets accepted, you mean... In which case, of course :) Cheers, Dave. If it gets accepted, you mean…

In which case, of course :)

Cheers,
Dave.

]]> By: Randall "Texrat" Arnold http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-2316 Randall "Texrat" Arnold Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:55:32 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/#comment-2316 perfectly timed! may I reference this for my Maemo summit presentation? perfectly timed! may I reference this for my Maemo summit presentation?

]]> By: Juanjo http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 Juanjo Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:15:50 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/#comment-2315 That's one of the main problems of the regional distributions in Spain: they get outdated easily, and their 'merge cycle' it's too long. For example, the Lliurex distribution has an OpenOffice.org translated to Valencian (the language of the region that Lliurex aims, Valencia), and every release they must translate and apply a big and horrible patch (seems that localization an translation of OOo is PITA). That makes impossible for them to sync with the upstream distribution they're using for their derivative. I think the solution it's convince upstream (let's say contributing manpower and resources) to include your big patch and then maintain it in the main branch. When I give a talk about open source, frequently the question about people not releasing their patches appears... and my argumentation then is ever the same: it's impossible to maintain big patches without upstream support. So my proposal is to convert customizations into product features. We've seen it in the Linux kernel, didn't we? That’s one of the main problems of the regional distributions in Spain: they get outdated easily, and their ‘merge cycle’ it’s too long.

For example, the Lliurex distribution has an OpenOffice.org translated to Valencian (the language of the region that Lliurex aims, Valencia), and every release they must translate and apply a big and horrible patch (seems that localization an translation of OOo is PITA). That makes impossible for them to sync with the upstream distribution they’re using for their derivative.

I think the solution it’s convince upstream (let’s say contributing manpower and resources) to include your big patch and then maintain it in the main branch.

When I give a talk about open source, frequently the question about people not releasing their patches appears… and my argumentation then is ever the same: it’s impossible to maintain big patches without upstream support.

So my proposal is to convert customizations into product features. We’ve seen it in the Linux kernel, didn’t we?

]]> By: Joseph Charpak http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 Joseph Charpak Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:27:27 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2009/09/17/the-value-of-engagement/#comment-2314 Great article and obviously relevant to Maemo. Great article and obviously relevant to Maemo.

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