Re: [Vrs-development] vrs momentum

[Eric Altendorf]

Ian, I would tend to say that we're not running a particularly 
control-based development team here.  We don't have enough people 
that we have to worry that much about stepping on each other's feet.

It's good to get feedback and approval from the rest of us, but I urge 
you to not worry about it *too much*.  If you have a good idea that 
you can code, code it.  If it works and does something useful, the 
chances of it being thrown out are low.  And every bit of code you 
write makes you more of the leader yourself.

If we get more people on here, maybe we'll need more formal 
leadership.  But at this point, I think any working code is useful...  
When I got started on this project, I worried about the same thing.  
Then I realized that nobody was going to tell me what to do; I had to 
pick something and make it happen for myself.  I still haven't gotten 
around to that, so I haven't been much of a help yet ... but it's the 
idea.  Just don't be like me; follow through and write something. ;-)

eric

On Thursday 18 July 2002 13:37, Ian Fung wrote:
> i know eric is gone this week which is fine. even if eric were here
> i'm worried that with bill's absence, there is a lack of decision
> making in the vrs project. chris, it sounds like you have some
> power in the decision making process. can we talk to someone if we
> want to start deciding what to do? ie coming up with requirements,
> design docs, etc? obviously i dont want to start doing something
> and then later having people tell me that's not what we want to do
> and therefore wasting mine and everyone else's time.
>
> i also understand there is about 3-4 people who are actively
> participating in discussion on the mailing list but i think if we
> have something official to post, it will spark involvement from
> people who are already interested.
>
> so i hope someone who is in charge is reading this. =)
>
> thanks for listening,
>
> ian
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