Re: [Xenomai-help] application make file

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

Piquesel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> oops, something went wrong with my previous answer sent from my cell
> phone. I post again then. See inline.
> 
> Le 19 juin 2010 à 12:45, Gilles Chanteperdrix a écrit :
> 
>> Bruno Rouchouse wrote:
>>> Hi Gilles,
>>> 
>>> I do understand your point an mostly agrees with it. What you say
>>> is really common sense.
>>> 
>>> However, I would object 2 points: first it's everyone's freedom
>>> to help someone or not even if it is a dummy question. In fact,
>>> due to my knowledge, I can help only on those ;) Second, it's not
>>> so easy when you start using a technology to find all the right
>>> pointers and have all the answers. For instance, I'm still 
>>> struggling with lot's of git features and workflow although
>>> everything is documented. Reading all man pages does not really
>>> help me for every use case. Finally, I answered privately without
>>> putting the list in cc especially to avoid bothering advanced
>>> users. I don't really see anything wrong with that.
>> Well, the problem with private answers is that other people on the
>> list do not know that you have answered.
>> 
> Yes that's the problem in fact. I actually only answer on public
> mailing-list when I'm 100% sure of the answer.
> 
> There's always a trade-off between answering privately or publicly.
> If you wrongly answer just to one person: no big deal. If you answer
> to the mailing list and are damned wrong, then you expose your
> ignorance to the project but also to the world :-) Google will always
> be here to remind you what you once answered and will always dig that
> out for you from old archives ;-)
> 
> Well, I know I'm exaggerating a little bit but it is true (at least
> for me) that answering publicly on project mailing-lists (open source
> projects in general) is not always a straightforward consideration.

Well, the problem is that if you give a wrong answer privately, there is
no way for anyone to see that you did, whereas if you give a wrong
answer on the list, people can correct you. And his correction can be
found in the mailing list archives. So, please answer on the list, really.

-- 
					    Gilles.