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

[Preston Garrison]

While I agree code is a very good way to learn whats going on, and its 
important to analyze it.  Crucifying someone over a question is stupid. 
  Alot of time it takes alot less time to answer the question then to 
bitch why it was asked in the first place.  Btw documenting the code 
isn't really pheasable, i know I would never take the time to document 
my code, and I have a feeling most developers would tend to agree with 
me :)

-----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 16:44:46 -0600
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] 'tonezone' in chan_zap.c

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>

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