Community and contribution [was: Re: http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP25]

[Leandro Motta Barros via Digitalmars-d]

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d <
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:

> On 1/1/15 10:45 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>
>> On 29/12/14 05:13, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>>
>>> I did want to say something about this. I've given a close read to the
>>> "Lost a
>>> new commercial user this week" thread, through and through. It seems I've
>>> identified a problem that belongs to us. ("Us" is a vacuous term
>>> meaning "the
>>> leaders of the D community").
>>>
>>> My initial read of your complaint went like this: it's about Windows
>>> (I don't
>>> even have an installation), it's about vibe.d (haven't used it yet),
>>> and it's
>>> also discussing documentation (which is something we can indeed
>>> improve and I
>>> know how to). So a large part of the problem wasn't even mine to work on.
>>>
>>> Others harbored similar perceptions. The corollary has been that
>>> essentially
>>> you're asking them to stop working on D aspects they do care about and
>>> start
>>> working on D aspects you and others care about - all on their free time.
>>>
>>
>> A few thoughts on this.  (This turned a bit longer than expected in the
>> writing, so I've highlighted some TL;DR sections to highlight key ideas.)
>>
> [snip]
>
> Good stuff, thanks. Question about this:
>
>  TL;DR: I think it would be good to have a strong community guideline
>> that people are not to be criticized or treated badly for having
>> requests or suggestions, even if they are not willing to implement
>> them themselves.  The quid pro quo is that it's necessary to be
>> (calmly) candid with people about the limits of _only_ contributing
>> ideas or requests: "You can ask but not demand".
>>
>
> What would be an appropriate place to put this?
>

We could post an FAQ or something FAQ-like every month or so, including
things like "can I ask for things I want?" or "what should I post to each
forum?".

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