Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2508 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761529AbXGYPGG (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:06:06 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:50:01 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: James Ketrenos Cc: Jeff Garzik , Stephen Clark , ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Axj Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] Request for help... Message-ID: <20070725145001.GB7093@tuxdriver.com> References: <1185289332.46a61474a444c@mail.bluebottle.com> <20070724161226.GA24344@tuxdriver.com> <46A64503.1080003@seclark.us> <20070724203035.GG24344@tuxdriver.com> <46A66B63.6030006@garzik.org> <46A6A447.2080903@linux.intel.com> <46A69359.4030201@garzik.org> <46A7034C.6070006@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <46A7034C.6070006@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 01:01:16AM -0700, James Ketrenos wrote: > Working with a community should augment development, not complicate > it or become a burden to it. People should feel better about their > contributions after engaging in a thread in a community where one > of their patches is reviewed; they should feel like progress has been > made, their contributions have been shared, and now others can benefit > from them -- they should not walk away feeling demoralized and berated > for trying. I agree with this in principle. After discussions with many of the developers involved, I am optimistic that the next round of reviews will be handled more gracefully. The important part now is to get those patches flowing back to linux-wireless so we can get the process working again. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com