You are correct. People need to do the work if they have the energy to initiate a release. Other people will follow and help. Same in every open source project. And no-one needs to feel guilty for not helping. When it happens it happens. If not then we will continue on until the momentum gains.
-David Ross Gardler wrote: > I am making no cuts and no inline comments, it would be a crime to mess > with the message Diwaker is sending here. Thank you, Diwaker, you are > right on target. > > Ross > > ---------------------------------------- > Diwaker Gupta wrote: > >>No offense to anyone but if somebody wants to release 0.8 as - > >>refactored sitemaps to utilise locationmap, then we (or better this > >>somebody) has to put some more work into it. It cannot be that we expect > >>from the usual suspects that they now as well put more work into that > >>part of forrest. > >> > >>Actually that is the point, why you only? Refactoring the sitemaps can > >>be done by *all* committers. There is no secrets to it. > > > >I think this remark carries some negative connotation that bothers me. > >I will try to be concise and objective in my statements so as to avoid > >any confusion. > > > >I started using Forrest because it was a cool tool that fit my needs > >perfectly. In using it I found some things that I needed that weren't > >there and were not hard to fix, so I sent in the occasional patch. I > >like living on the bleeding edge of cool software, so when views were > >out I was quick to put them to test and I really liked the concept. > > > >With every project, there comes a time when the project sort of comes > >of age. I think Forrest is nearing that time now. There are a lot of > >ideas, discussions, community building up -- Forrest is trying to > >define itself, which is fantastic. But like all good things, it will > >take its time. I try to follow the discussions as and when I can, and > >put in my thoughts if I have something to add. Otherwise I'm happy to > >watch. > > > >I don't use Forrest at work. I don't get money out of Forrest related > >work. For me, the only interest in Forrest is personal. I try and > >contribute when I have the time and motivation, and it doesn't help if > >I feel there is some 'pressure' or 'expection' when I don't. > > > >Like Ross said, this is open source. If someone has a itch, they > >scratch it. At the same time however, for any good and large open > >source project to succeed it usually takes more than a passing > >interest and commitment on the part of atleast some of the developers. > >Typically (there are always exceptions) people who have a more > >concrete interest (work related, for instance) in the product will be > >the stewards of large changes and I think that works out well. > > > >While I really appreciate all the hard work everyone puts into > >Forrest, getting negative vibes about the "other" developers not > >putting in enough effort doesn't help the project or the community. > >People do what they want to do, and the community recognizes them for > >it. If I am unable to contribute as much as the next developer, I > >don't want to be judged for it, nor want other developers to feel bad > >about it. > > > >I have great respect for the work that people are doing here, but I > >feel bad if they think of themselves as the "usual suspects". > > > >Just my 2c. > >-- > >Web/Blog/Gallery: floatingsun.net > > > >
