[OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects

[Landon Blake]

I wasn't trying to apply this quote to all forms of non-programming
support on open source projects.

I was applying it to programmers like myself, that have 52 projects in
their Eclipse IDE, but only two Ant scripts that actually produce a
working JAR file on a regular basis.

It seems my bad habit of starting things before I complete existing
tasks flourishes in my programming. That is the type of wanking to which
I referred. :]

Landon

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[mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Frank Warmerdam
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 7:29 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] scale of FOSS projects


> ""Real artists ship. For everyone else, there is wanking."

Folks,

For the record, while I acknowledge a kernel of truth in this, I find
the
statement so elitist and dismissive of the varied efforts that it takes
to
make things work that I cringe every time I hear it.

Discussion, conferences, standards, coordination, etc all play an
important
role in making a software ecosystem useful.  If there is a lesson, it
may be
that these other things shouldn't become so all consuming that they
prevent
actually producing useful software.

Needless to say, by the standard of this statement I'm a wanker for
bothering
to point this out, and you folks are all wankers for repeating SteveC's
bon mot.

Best regards,
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