[sldev] [POLICY] Development by consensus (Re: Question regarding upcoming maintenance on 11/27-11/28)

[Ryan Williams (Which)]

Anders Arnholm wrote:
>> The ideas were considered.  Just because there wasn't a protracted
>> debate on the mailing list, that doesn't mean they weren't considered.
>>     
>
> This one way communications, we see all the time is probalt going to
> kill LL, some efforts are made to change some area (Torey doing the only
> party that reached me.) Usally comoonucations from ls is like this:
>
> 1) LL: Hey whe have something new!
> 2) Residents: Those parts SUCK, take it easy...
> 3) LL: Same message again unchange!!!
> 4) Resident: Those parts istill SUCK, please listen before you destroy
>    something
> 5) LL: We have now released, that stuff as we said in the beginging.
>
> Even if some of you listens and think about when the resident say,
> without telling, and cominucations it's just propaganda.
>
>   
I think what's being overlooked here is that Sabin wrote a followup 
about how the team responded to the concerns expressed on the mailing 
list.  I notice that it didn't have any replies to it, so maybe people 
simply didn't see it?  If you read it now, it's clear that the design 
was changed substantially in response to the concerns expressed here.

https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/sldev/2007-October/006007.html

-RYaN