In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adam, are you still doing the release? No. I'm taking a hiatus after doing every release since 0.90 (57 versions?) with the exception of 1.2.11. Each one took me 2-4 hours depending on how many commits I had to read when writing release notes, so it basically killed an evening; not a big deal, except that I was already spending too many evenings hacking...or staying at work late because I spent time fixing some bug during the day. I'd estimate 10-20 hrs a week total. So a couple months ago I sent our project manager (Mike) a note offlist saying I was taking a break (not sure if he go it?). I'll summarize in a way that hopefully avoids misunderstandings. BD development was taking too much time and becoming too stressful; ultimately I got tired of monitoring the commit list and arguing over design details, not to mention dealing with complaints/requests from anonymous ingrates. Much of that is entirely my own fault for taking myself and the project too seriously! Anyway, it wasn't fun anymore, and the return on investment was pretty low since I'm not using BD heavily these days. Electronic communication sucks, too...I'm sure I've taken things personally that were never meant that way, and anonymous RFEs and bug reports make things even worse. Maybe a monthly developer meeting via video iChat would be a good idea...but now I'm starting to get philosophical, so I'd better quit before I start writing about problems with Open Source development :). > If not, who does? I tried finding a volunteer for that several times with no success. I believe a non-code-contributor would be best for the job, since that would spread out the demands on time. I'd be happy to walk someone else through the process if needed. -- adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
