[squeak-dev] Re: Towards Squeak 4.0 [help needed]

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Tue Feb 23 03:00:54 UTC 2010


Igor Stasenko wrote:
> Honestly, i'd like to see someone with better English communication
> abilities than Edgar.
> As to me, this is the main barrier between us - often i completely DNU
> what Edgar says.
> Or.. maybe its just me. If so, then forget what i'm saying.
> I just thinking that understanding each other is the key to success.
> 
> @Edgar: Please don't take this as an offense, but i had to say it.
> And, of course, i'm not questioning your programming skills and Squeak
> experience.

I disagree for several reasons. First, Edgar has already managed to lead 
a release to successful completion which is no small feat. Second, 
there's the small matter of who instead would sign up to be the lead for 
the release. If there are alternative offers the board has a choice but 
so far the only person I've seen actively volunteering (several times) 
was Edgar. To be honest, I had feared noone would raise their hand 
because it's real work and real time to be invested. But let me repeat 
this: If there's anyone else who wants to lead the trunk release, RAISE 
YOUR HAND.

If that means having to read less than perfect English, I can cope with 
that. Edgar is a good-natured person and if you retain your humor his 
notes can be quite funny :-)

Edgar needs our help, of course, and perhaps a bit more in the language 
area than others. I'm more than willing to help him in this area because 
he's got some real work ahead of him and needs support from everyone, in 
every possible area you can think of.

Cheers,
   - Andreas



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