On 1/2/21 5:17 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > ... for which they didn't get paid, yet the Corporation that created the > software got plenty of profit. > > when this exploitation and spongeing stops, Olek, your desires, which are > perfectly reasonable, will easily be met.
I don't think it should be considered exploitation it's just a waste of time in my personal opinion. I have been loosely following how Google is trying to push Bazel into LLVM, after they already pushed in GN. Google internally can't even agree on a build system, it seems. > may i recommend contacting the Bazel team to point out the high strategic > value of having stable cross-architecture debian packaging (by > significantly increasing the reach), with a view to having them either take > direct responsibility for fixing the packaging themselves (where it would > then no longer be viewed as exploitation and spongeing) or to speak with > their management to provide adequate sponsorship? It's Google, they don't care. I have experienced that many time before and I've always people seen wasting their time with these efforts. > ultimately if the software proves its value and creates a large community > ecosystem, then the chances become much higher that someone from that > community will step forward and pick up Bazel stable maintenance even if > google abandons it (like they have done so many times already). There are already so many good build systems out there and most of them don't require a Java runtime to run unlike Bazel. So I guess the community won't be going the Bazel way. > however during its early development, before it reaches that point? yeah > this is just not a reasonable expectation unless accompanied by adequate > financial compensation. Agreed. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~bazel-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~bazel-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
