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Re:Designers, how do we get you guys to contribute to open s... by perlgeek on Sunday February 27, 2011 @09:58AM (#2267923)
That experience sucks indeed. I guess there are two lessons to be learned:

1) try to lift the technical burden from the designer. If the designer sends a file as a mail attachment, just add it to a branch of your repo yourself (with permission, hopefully)

2) when programmers see a small bug in a piece of code, they often fix it. Don't assume you can and should do the same with designs. Talk to the designer.

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Re:Designers, how do we get you guys to contribute to open s... by neutronicus on Sunday February 27, 2011 @03:38PM (#2268868)
Maybe also: have a designer high in the project hierarchy whose responsibility it is to merge design packages.
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Re:Designers, how do we get you guys to contribute to open s... by AaronChampagne on Sunday February 27, 2011 @05:35PM (#2269208)
Having someone to direct the efforts of other designers would definitely help. Style guides would also help.
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