About contribution (Was Re: [ANNOUNCE] dh_splitpackage 0.1)

[Zygmunt Krynicki]

W dniu 04.06.2011 22:40, Daniel Holbach pisze:

I don't wish to continue this thread much longer (specifically under the 
dh_splitpackage banner). I wish to say a few things that could clear the 
confusion I have caused.

1) I now understand how Evan's response indeed _was_ helpful but I did 
not take it as such at that time. My original announcement was not an 
intent to be included in ubuntu. I just had no better place to shout 
"here, have look". I never requested inclusion. Evan's response was in 
some way appropriate as he was looking after the image of the Ubuntu 
community. I respect that.

Thank you Evan for noticing my code and taking the time to voice your 
concern.

2) I never said I was not willing to cooperate with upstream in general. 
My (emotional) response was intended to highlight the problem that you 
seem to be distilling now - that contribution is a non-trivial process. 
It takes some guts to go to a public mailing list and show your code 
that does something. We should remember that each time the first 
response someone gets can really make a lasting impression on the 
would-be contributor. We should also not take for granted that the 
contributor understands Ubuntu, Debian or any other large and complex 
community as much as we do.

Educating the contributors is a long and subtle process. We can observe 
the same interactions within the Kernel. We created this very strange 
world and it's easy to forget that not everyone is living in it. 
Response such as the one Evan sent, despite being of best intentions, 
could be regarded as an insult or offence.

3) I'd like to thank Daniel. Thank you. I never asked for this but your 
response caused me to continue working on this (and subsequently 
releasing the next version a few hours ago).

Best regards
Zygmunt Krynicki