I want to second Nicola.
Since XMLForm was announced it was improved greatly by different people. Just look at the activity on the list. There was no way I would have improved it myself in such a short time. Furthermore I wouldn't even bother to touch it if I didn't know that someone is interested in it. It is in a usable state, just good enough to be exposed to a wider audience which will help perfect it. Regards, Ivelin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicola Ken Barozzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:19 AM Subject: Re: [C2.1] Moving scratchpad goodies to main trunk > From: "Torsten Curdt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <snip/> > > > > Without more documentation and some compelling, real life examples for > > > Schecoon, I'm -1 on moving it to the main trunk. It would mean only a > > > lot of headaches for me to maintain it, as nobody else seems to be > > > really familiar with its internals. I know, it's a chicken and egg > > > problem, if it doesn't have enough visibility it will never get used > > > and understood well enough to have developers working on it. But I > > > just don't have enough time to manage all these. So much stuff to do, > > > so little time... > > > > Same goes for the form (XMLForm, precept) stuff... > > > > I think moving over into the main trunk also means some kinda "contract of > > interfaces". For me it feels much better to have in scratchpad still... > > My 2 cents: > > Open source is about itch scratching, and with no itches, there is no > scratching. > We need to get more people to work on it, more people interested. > Scratchpad stuff is a one-man-show thing, or anyway limited, as the help > Ovidiu has had on his excellent work has clearly shown. > > If we move it when it's perfect, nobody will look at it. > > So, IMNSHO, your comments make me want to have the code in HEAD even more. > > I was -1 for charting for a different reason, since I just submitted the new > codebase now. And I will move it very, very soon. > > >>I know, it's a chicken and egg > > > problem, if it doesn't have enough visibility it will never get used > > > and understood well enough to have developers working on it. > > In firms, you throw more resources at it. > Our resources are contributors, and we need to get them involved. > > > >But I > > > just don't have enough time to manage all these. So much stuff to do, > > > so little time... > > There are so many good programmers, I think many will be able to understand > it themselves. > > IMO your -1s don't stand, even more now that 2.1 is in ALPHA. > > -- > Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - verba volant, scripta manent - > (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
