Jeremy O'Donoghue wrote:
Apologies folks, rant coming up...
[...]
Bear in mind that as I have a (very) demanding day job and a young
family, I actually have no more than 3-4 hours a week (at best) to spend
maintaining wxHaskell. Bear in mind also that my interest in wxHaskell
was always to be able to develop software in Haskell, not fight with
linkers and build systems (I get enough of that at work, thanks). While
that's my personal problem, and others may not have the same issues, so
please feel free to not care at all, it's worth bearing in mind...
wxHaskell consists of a set of C bindings over the C++ core of
wxWidgets. Broadly speaking, these unmangle the C++ names and do little
else.
[...]
Actually, I don't completely agree. I think that the issue is that
making things better on Windows (and likely OS X as well) requires
co-ordinated and agreed action across a number of areas. This means
getting a moderate number of people, most of whom give up their time and
effort for free, and for the good of the community, to agree on what is
needed and to prioritize it in a co-ordinated way. The action needed by
any individual might be relatively small, but without community
agreement and action, the end goal cannot be achieved.
Jeremy, I very much appreciate your efforts as a maintainer of
wxHaskell, even more so after I have begun to write a small helper
application for my video stuff (which is a bit stalled now because I
didn't have the courage to wrestle with wxGraphicsContext to get
antialiased drawings).
Would you put a flattr button [1] on the wxHaskell page? This way,
people like me would be able to show their appreciation by donating a
small amount of *money*. Granted, it is not much and certainly does not
help with any of your external constraints, but it is a more forthright
form of showing that your work is valued than a silent download or
virtual nod.
[1]: http://flattr.com
Regards,
Heinrich Apfelmus
--
http://apfelmus.nfshost.com
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