So the new DSpace Foundation wants people with plain-vanilla DSpace installations to chime in and say how long it took ’em to get set up.
Plain-vanilla? I said. Who the heck stops at plain vanilla? Why is that even a useful benchmark?
Naughty Dorothea, no biscuit. (Note to SourceForge: friendly URLs for mailing-list threads, plzkthx.) “Given your experience, passion and know how it would be great if you could work with us in a positive fashion,” quoth the Foundation’s head honcho.
I don’t even know what to say about this, it’s so goofy. Except to note that I do believe there’s a bit of a gender issue lurking, as I’ve never seen a male participant called out for anything by anyone except when I’ve done it myself—good old unladylike me.
I’m willing to stand on my record vis-a-vis DSpace: even if we leave all my snark and criticism aside as wholly unproductive (which I dearly hope is arguable!), I’ve couple-three patches, two extremely successful customization workshops (and wikifying the handouts to boot), a number of how-to blog posts, and some mailing-list answers to my credit. That’s all I need to say, really.
