info required urgently

[Rob Landley]

On Thursday 21 May 2009 13:29:54 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Subject: info required urgently
>
> you might want to review how open source works.  your urgency generally
> does not require anyone else to drop things and help you.  if you want that
> kind of support, go pay someone.  otherwise, these *free* *volunteers* will
> assist you when they get around to it.
> -mike

Translation: you might get better results offering to sponsor somebody to 
_create_ the report you want, or to tutor your engineers in the codebase.  
(Heck, the project's maintainer might even be willing to consult for a week 
or so if you pay him, including travel and lodging.  Depends how busy he is, 
you'd have to ask him.)

This is a volunteer project we do in our spare time, and when volunteering we 
tend to focus on the things we find "fun" first, or which are quick and easy 
to do.  Creating flowcharts is no fun, and tutoring newbies is time consuming 
and often frustrating.

But that doesn't mean you can't _hire_ some of us to do extra work on a tight 
schedule; the rules are different then.

Rob
-- 
Latency is more important than throughput. It's that simple. - Linus Torvalds