Tuesday, 19 July 2011 16:17
I just read this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/t/27da7cca090abac8
A contributor works on some code, prepares it to be added to the project and did everything that he is expected to do, but due to several reasons, the code does not make it in. I "blame" the project and its management and think its their fault, that it didn't make it in, however I also don't think there was mal-intent and stuff like this happens. The management of the project has a lot of stuff to do and things like this can slip through the cracks. After all, we are all just humans.
What makes me angry is the way this is handled by the management after the contributor made himself aware again. A proper response would have been "Hey Jeremy, I'm really sorry and I think I'm speaking for the whole PLT here, when I say that this was an unfortunate oversight. There was no mal-intent. Lets see how we can fix this and how we can make it up to you." Instead, no less than 4 people jump to the rescue of the PLT, write several mails and make it seem like this is normal and common, culminating in the mail by Elin that basically says "Its your fault, you should have bugged us more often and you are responsible to keep this on our todo list."
While Mark comes pretty close with his reply to what I would have expected from a proper leadership, Andrew and Elin again missed it completely. The small books they wrote as replies were not helpfull. I'm wondering if we should celebrate the appearance of Ron in this thread, since he apparently is not dead and seems to still be a member of the PLT. But on the other hand, he hasn't done anything to me visible productive in the Joomla project in the last 2 years. At least he is quick when it comes to defending the PLT. Which brings up the point why Elin is speaking for the project management. According to docs.joomla.org, she is neither in the PLT, nor in the leadership of any JBS group.
Overall, yet another communication fuck-up by the PLT. The more I see of those, the more I want to do my own Joomla...