Don't be afraid to ask for help

[Jon Ciesla]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
> I am sending this because, we have a lot of FTBFS packages which I have
> see at least one blog griping about, I accidentally fixed something that
> was blocking other work (in the sense that I didn't know that other work
> that I wouldn't have to do was waiting for this problem to be solved) and
> I fixed something for someone that asked for help in a roundabout way.
>
> We are all not experts in everything and it isn't a problem to ask for
> help if you are stuck on something for a package. Someone else on the
> devl list (or one of the programming language specific lists) may be able
> to easily solve a problem that you could spend hours on without making
> a lot of progress.
>
> For those that can help, doing so is a good idea. By removing a blocker
> you let someone else do work they can do on Fedora. By showing them
> the resolution, they may be able to resolve similar situations when they
> see them again, including cases when other developers run across the
> problem. It's nice to help your fellow contributors. Fixing things makes
> Fedora better for everyone.

Seconded.

And if anyone has gcc47 or libpng FTBFS issues, this is a great place
to ask for help on them.

-J

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