From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Leech-Pepin <jonathan.leechpepin@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Offer for taking over maintainership
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:15:10 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vc9v1jih.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y5erqu4i.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:06:45 +0530")
(Discussion is meta. So bear with my amateurish excursions.)
Some times the best question to ask is NOT "What I stand to gain?" but
"What I/We stand to lose?". Are the overheads worth it in the long run?
Everyone wants to gain all the time without losing anything. I call
that interesting.
Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:
> You seem to stand out in the mob. So some personal hugs from side.
>
>>> Offer closes in 7 days. Only pre-condition will be that Org-8.0 and
>>> subsequent releases happen under my supervision.
>>>
>> Is there something in particular about the forthcoming 8.0 that you
>> would want done differently from how it currently is being done?
>> Considering Bastien's current plan is to push towards releasing it in
>> the near future.
>
> I wish more people ask an open-ended question rather than sit in
> judgement seat. Trial by jury is always interesting. (There is also an
> interesting movie I have seen on this topic, decades ago.)
>
>> I appreciate the org-odt exporter, I haven't had much use for it but
>> what I have had to use it for it worked perfectly. However your
>> attitude in the past has often struck me as abrasive or argumentative
>> when there was little to no reason for it. Either there's some
>> underlying reason for your apparent dislike for Bastien and his
>> approach to maintaining Org, or some argument in the past that I am
>> not aware of.
>
> Why would most people think that I am a moron. The last line is
> exemplary of what the jury and the judge should mull about.
>
> ps-1: I refuse to answer your questions. The debate and offer is on my
> terms if people don't understand it.
>
> ps-2: I am calling everyone's bluff, if you haven't realized it already.
> (Believe me, I am not acting like a smart donkey here.)
>
> ps-3: An extra and a proven hand helps particularly in volunteer driven
> efforts. My palm could be stinking? Does that mean my code
> stinks. Most people would rather talk, than look, think, ask or
> do?
--
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-14 6:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-13 18:08 Offer for taking over maintainership Jambunathan K
2013-02-13 19:01 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-13 20:45 ` John Wiegley
2013-02-13 21:31 ` Allen S. Rout
2013-02-13 21:41 ` Russell Adams
2013-02-14 0:11 ` Scott Randby
2013-02-14 9:09 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-13 22:03 ` Charles Philip Chan
2013-02-13 22:11 ` Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala
2013-02-14 8:55 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:53 ` Bastien
2013-02-14 9:55 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:59 ` Bastien
2013-02-14 10:25 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-13 22:18 ` Bastien
2013-02-14 9:18 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:38 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:54 ` Glyn Millington
2013-02-14 10:35 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 0:06 ` François Pinard
2013-02-14 8:38 ` Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
2013-02-14 10:37 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 16:31 ` François Pinard
2013-02-14 23:28 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-02-15 3:23 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-15 4:11 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 1:12 ` Takaaki ISHIKAWA
[not found] ` <CAJcAo8ueOp8dDBwq+bEufZJ1kSZLpVxY36L7eKUt4QDwRH98zQ@mail.gmail.com>
2013-02-14 1:40 ` Fwd: " Samuel Wales
2013-02-14 9:22 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 1:16 ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2013-02-14 6:36 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 6:45 ` Jambunathan K [this message]
2013-02-14 9:22 ` Rainer M Krug
2013-02-14 9:50 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 9:53 ` Rainer M Krug
2013-02-14 7:37 ` Bastien
2013-02-14 10:12 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 10:54 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 16:07 ` François Pinard
2013-02-14 7:59 ` David Rogers
2013-02-14 10:40 ` Nicolas Richard
2013-02-14 11:37 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 11:41 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 11:57 ` Detlef Steuer
2013-02-14 13:26 ` Julian Burgos
2013-02-14 13:39 ` Jambunathan K
2013-02-14 11:54 ` Jambunathan K
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-02-14 15:36 Jose E. Marchesi
2013-02-14 15:41 ` Allen S. Rout
2013-02-14 17:38 ` Jambunathan K
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