Because the world is an imperfect place and right now the focus is very narrow right now on IP clearance. With the Beta being released today, we’ll shift focus to byg fixing via the NetCAT program and then different/other/more people will be involved.
Gj On Thursday, February 15, 2018, cowwoc <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that this is a massive achievement but: > > * Why are the metrics showing little activity? > * The fact that one group of people is focused on IP clearance > shouldn't block others from working on other things, should it? Are > their pull requests being held up or something? Maybe their pull > requests need some love (follow-up discussion)? > * What happened to the many people who excitedly asked to be listed as > commiters? Why aren't they committing anything now? > > I'd especially love to hear from the latter group, to be understand what > has changed over the past couple of months. > > Thank you, > Gili > > On 2018-02-15 6:20 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: > >> We’re mainly working on IP clearance right now, with the Beta IPMC vote >> going very well on the general@incubator mailing list, it looks like >> we’ll >> be able to release the Beta today, which is a massive achievement. >> >> Gj >> >> On Thursday, February 15, 2018, cowwoc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> I don't mean to offend anyone (not trying to point any fingers, really) >>> but I want to raise an issue for discussion. >>> >>> When Netbeans was moved to Apache I saw a lot of activity in the mailing >>> list. Everyone was excited and that was great but now I am seeing an >>> extremely low rate of participation by non-Oracle employees (see >>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/graphs/contributors) and >>> the >>> overall commit frequency over the past couple of weeks is extremely low >>> (see https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/graphs/commit-activity >>> ). >>> >>> I am bringing this to your attention because looking at JIRA's "Created >>> vs >>> Resolved" issues for the past 30 days we are seeing an exponential growth >>> of bug reports but a flat amount of resolved issues: >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ConfigureReport.jspa? >>> projectOrFilterId=project-12320634&periodName=daily& >>> daysprevious=30&cumulative=true&versionLabels=major& >>> selectedProjectId=12320634&reportKey=com.atlassian.jira. >>> jira-core-reports-plugin%3Acreatedvsresolved-report&atl_ >>> token=A5KQ-2QAV-T4JA-FDED%7C113ee1575eff5807f4be21c1f06ce3f9 >>> 6e46f8b2%7Clout&Next=Next >>> >>> Speaking from my personal experience as an end-user, I think we've got a >>> long way to go in terms of fixing regressions before I would consider >>> jumping from version 8.2 to 9.0. I am routinely running into annoying UI >>> bugs that were not present in 8.2. Yes, we now have JDK 9 support and >>> this >>> is a big deal but this yet relevant in my day-to-day work (my projects >>> use >>> Java 8). My primary concern is using the IDE that will make me the most >>> productive as a developer. The nightly builds are a step backwards in >>> that >>> regard. >>> >>> Anyway, I just wanted to bring up this issue for discussion. I remember a >>> lot of people initially asked to be listed as committers, and I'm >>> wondering >>> where they all went, what (if anything) has turned them off from >>> contributing at this time, and what can be done to bring them back. >>> >>> Reminder: As mentioned in the past, I not have the time to commit fixes >>> myself. I am intentionally limiting myself to filing bug reports and >>> giving >>> you feedback as an end-user. I hope you will respect that scope. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Gili >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >
