From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Douglas Gilbert Subject: Re: target userspace utils (rtsadmin) project is dysfunctional Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:14:06 -0400 Message-ID: <4E6A1F2E.6080601@interlog.com> References: <4E69BB29.2030800@redhat.com> Reply-To: dgilbert@interlog.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp.infotech.no ([82.134.31.41]:57415 "EHLO smtp.infotech.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758326Ab1IIOOT (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:14:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4E69BB29.2030800@redhat.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Andy Grover Cc: Jerome Martin , Nicholas Bellinger , target-devel , linux-scsi On 11-09-09 03:07 AM, Andy Grover wrote: > Hi Jerome and Nick, > > I happened upon this website: > > http://www.theopensourceway.org/book/The_Open_Source_Way-How_to_tell_if_a_FLOSS_project_is_doomed_to_FAIL.html I totted up 70 each for my open source packages so I reckon that list should be taken with a large grain of salt. This one amused me: "Your code tries to install into /opt or /usr/local [ +10 points of FAIL ]" Installing into /usr/local is the default for autotools. > According to my calculations (available upon request), rtsadmin comes in > at 220 points: "so much fail, your code should have its own reality TV > show". > > I could also add some more like "primary developer never responds to > email", "CLA discourages external contributions", and "uses executable > name as corporate marketing tool". > > Admittedly rtsadmin is a nice piece of code, thanks btw, but your > company is falling short of accepted standards for stewardship of a > FLOSS project. Please tell me why we all wouldn't be better off if I > forked rtsadmin tomorrow. One reason from the above link: "Your code is a fork of another project [ +10 points of FAIL ]" :-) Doug Gilbert