[Asterisk-Dev] 'tonezone' in chan_zap.c

[Steven Critchfield]

On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 14:36 -0800, Preston Garrison wrote:
> I don't think it would hurt to have less of an attitude with these type 
> of things.  Alot of really good developers don't have alot of time to 
> poor through endless tens of thousands of lines of code to find out the 
> answer to a simple question.  I think asterisk is missing out on alot 
> of top notch developers due to the attitude they have towards the 
> people that would wish to help write code.  Some of developers spend 18 
> hours a day develop software that makes them a living, and if it would 
> be easier to be accepted, or have help bring them up to speed their 
> contributions to the community could be immense.

And what makes you think anyone else posting regularly here isn't also
spending the same amount of time on software to make a living? Part of
my salary comes from asterisk related projects. Many of the other
developers here are making a living either by supporting asterisk or by
using it themselves. 

Getting up to speed is all a matter of how well you can juggle the code
in your own head. The code is also sometimes the most efficient way to
explain what is going on. 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>
> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:13:36 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] 'tonezone' in chan_zap.c
> 
> On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 08:47 +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 09:45:17AM -0600, Brian West wrote:
> > > This is the -dev list the ultimate documentation is the code.  You
> > > should be able to follow that and then document the code.
> >
> > That way all the code works as documented!
> >
> > You obviously don't understand how many people you chase away with
> > this kind of attitude.
> 
> While speaking for myself only, it isn't usually a concern about who is
> chased away. Open source software is a labor of love. If you love
> something enough to be interested in hanging around, you wouldn't have
> been put off by the comment. If you could be put off by the comment,
> then you are less likely to make a dent in the community one way or
> another.
> 
> If you are willing to not worry so much about little rough things, you
> will be more likely to be accepted.

-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>