Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (930 mails)

["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 25 June 2010 01:52:10 Marcus Moeller wrote:
> Dear Rajko,
>
> > > I personally don't line the wording 'core contributor', because it
> > > tends to create something like an 'inner circle' where it's hard to
> > > get through.
> >
> > "Core member" is better as it is the name and explains what it is.
> > No need to explain time and again.
> >
> > The association with inner circle is OK.
> > It will reinforce feeling that you belong to openSUSE more then some
> > visitor and that is actually what we want. Don't we?
>
> Sorry, I personally don't like that kind of separation. One who
> contributes within his/her specific area of interested (e.g.
> translations) should be honoured as well as one who is doing core
> packaging. One might get paid for his/her job, the other's only able
> to contribute in his/her free time, so who's better? The latter might
> contribute less due to the limitations but imho these contributions
> are at least as valuable as the ones of the $MYLINUXCOMPANY employee.

It is just the language Marcus.

Core packager is core contributor, but core contributors are not only the core 
packagers. 

Similar confusion is with word developer. 
Software developer is developer, but developers are not only software 
developers.  

> An possible alternative would be function based titles, like we have @
> Fedora. Good examples are: ambassador, proven packager, writer,
> translator, artist ...

That is subdivision of core contributors group. 

> All these are contributing to the project.
>
> So if you don't like the wording lizard (as you've explained, there
> may be reasons for), why just don't call them contributors.

We (I for sure) will not tell anybody that you consider me as a lizard :D 

Connotation that of inexperience and all other stuff that comes with it is too 
strong in couple of languages that I know (including German) that I will 
rather hide then advertise that. 

-- 
Regards Rajko,
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