Nikolaj,<br><br>No problem, the culture, is the culture, and keep all motivated is very important, for sure.<br><br>I will be online on the ircchannel in about 3 hours from now, when I left work.<br><br>I am very glad for your answers.
<br><br>Rodrigo Marques.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 13, 2007 2:44 PM, Nikolaj Hald Nielsen <<a href="mailto:nhnfreespirit@gmail.com">nhnfreespirit@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">> How is the process of decision, between the devs, of what features will, or<br>> will not, being included into a release? There is certain level of<br>> formality? I mean, they decide that into a wiki, forum, or something? How
<br>> they organize the work load? How they analyze suggestion of new features,<br>> for example, and decide if that will, or not, be included in next release?<br><br></div>explaining the decision making process within Amarok is a bit hard,
<br>and has actually been the subject of several talks at different<br>conferences. I would _really: recommend hanging out with us on #amarok<br>and #rokymotion on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net
</a> to get a feel for the culture.<br><br>I essence we are a meritocracy, meaning that those who do the actual<br>work has a very great say in the direction of the project. As most<br>people contribute to Amarok in their own free time, it is very
<br>important to empower everyone to make difference. That said, for big<br>decisions, we generally try to come to some kind of consensus. Also,<br>one of the things that keeps everything moving quite smoothly, is that<br>
most developers share a common vision for Amarok, even though each has<br>different parts of Amarok that has their special attention.<br><br>I know this culture is quite a radical departure from that practiced<br>at most companies, but to put it simply, contributing to Amarok has to
<br>be fun to keep people motivated! :-)<br><font color="#888888"><br>- Nikolaj<br></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">_______________________________________________<br>Amarok-promo mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Amarok-promo@kde.org">
Amarok-promo@kde.org</a><br><a href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-promo" target="_blank">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-promo</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>