One step further would be to assign the various features to a
lead/committer who can in turn create a list of subprojects for
"volunteers".
I'm not familar enough with the code to tackle any of the larger features
but would sign up for doing some of the smaller stuff.
Max Foxell
<Max.Foxell@morganst To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
anley.com> cc:
Subject: Re: [castor-dev] Castor
JDO Status
04/25/2002 09:08 AM
Please respond to
castor-dev
I think most people would accept that open source projects and developers
undergo quiet periods. The recurring theme of this thread though has been
that the community (both users and contributors) need to have a clear idea
about the direction of the project to ensure it stays on
track. With something as simple as a public "to do" list work can be split
up and managed easily and the Castor commiters are much more likely to get
the type of external contributions they are looking for. It is really
refreshing to see the list Thomas has published. I'd like to
see this list appear on the web site so that people have a single place to
get an overview of what features are under development and to track their
progress. The feature of great interest to myself and my team is the
ability to perform searches on foreign keys that form part of
the identity of a class (aka "the FK as part of a PK problem"). This was
identified as a high priority feature over a year ago. Had there been
better documentation and a clear understanding that no work was taking
place on this feature I would have had a go at fixing this problem
myself months ago (with this fix we can actively recommend Castor for
*much* wider use). Clear goals, clear direction and well coordinated
communication about work on specific features should regalvanize the Castor
community.
Max
Pete Carapetyan wrote:
> > I agree with most of the discussion about the status of Castor JDO
> > being stagnant for a while now.
>
> Lot's of open source technologies go in and out of this mode all the
time. It is a feature of open source.
>
> When people feel hopeful and have extra time, they contribute a ton,
which usually wrecks everything else in their life for a while. But it is a
lot of fun. Then, they spend a few months or years recuperating.
>
> No big deal.
>
> The key thing is that people will contribute if they feel that they are
contributing to a winner, else they will say forget it, that xxxx is just a
loser anyway. Open source is a very fickle world, and so it should be. Look
at how many things on source forge do the same thing.
>
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