[Ilugc] code contributions for open source software by us
- From: mail-lists@xxxxxxxxx (Karanbir Singh)
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:33:00 +0000
On 01/14/2012 10:04 AM, kenneth gonsalves wrote:
I made this remark because it shows a large number of people from
Chennai are members of github, and if an all India search is done, it
re-read my original reply, I recommended that as a place to start from -
not an exhaustive list, of people who might be local. Also, the
advantage of a github lookup is that it allows you to look at the code
these people are working with, which then gives people the advantage of
considering what these people are doing and also create a route of contact.
You might respond best to random requests, but I tend to prefer spending
time working with people who have already seen what I am doing and come
through with either a patch of a feature conversation that is relevant
to me.
step,1 however, would be having a positive outlook and the willingness
to actually do something. Open Source is driven by people who come from
two very specific mindets : (a) those who are either sponsored to do so,
or people who are working on open source as a part of their job and (b)
people who are looking to solve and resolve specific issues that *they*
have run into or inherited, either for work for otherwise. There are a
lot of other people who contribute as well. But code resilience and
drive comes almost exclusively from these two sets of people.
(a) is easy to work with, find a relevant job.
(b) is harder, and the effort into that needs to come from the ecosystem
around the code, not the one guy/girl who happens to be working flat out
day/night doing that he/she needs and in a way that makes him/her happy.
Make this easier and the 'everyone else' will beat a path when and how
they need to.
And finally, open source isnt just about Code, its also about the entire
ecosystem that facilities this code exchange, use, feedback and
communities. Lots of the 'people' involved at various levels are solving
their own specific issues, join them with constructive feedback and make
it easy for people to bridge the gap from user to abuser to contributor,
and we all win. Create silo's and everyone loses.
will show a huge number from India. Of these users, in my opinion, less
than 5% are contributors to open source. I recognise many names in the
I wasent, just as the OP, looking for your opinion. that link points to
a set of people who's code ( or lack of ) is very visible. Look at it,
treat it as you will and move on. Your opinion is a bit redundant here.
As for your analogy, if you want to know the number of people who travel
by train to go bird watching, it is foolish to watch the trains and try
to identify the 0.0001 percentage of the travelers who are going to
watch birds - it is far easier to go to the bird sanctuary and find out
the number of people there who commute by train.
Sure, and you will find them as they get off the train at the sanctuary
entrance. Did you confuse yourself a bit trying to come up with an
analogy ?
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