Just an observation but it really seems like freenet needs a project manager.(I know... I know... along with more full time developers, servers, testers, etc)
For instance the issues that just popped up with the new unstable. I was one of those people who spent a couple of hours trying to figure out how I broke my node. All that was needed was a post to the newsgroups and a new message on the homepage and it would have been fine. But there was a serious lack of communication.
Considering that you are intentionally using an unstable version, I don't think that a couple of hours of confusion is a serious problem. Furthermore, you could have reduced the confusion to zero if you had been reading the CVS list (which is a pretty good idea since you're using unstable).
A project manager could take care of those little things like communication, as well as the general tasks like ensuring people document stuff, trying to organize teams, evangalize, prioritize work, poll users, etc.
Give it a thought, I think it would do a world of good for this project.
Hmmm. Maybe... But are the developers so bad at prioritizing? So bad at documenting? Are they bad at all? I kinda doubt any of that has reached such a crisis that they need to be told what to do. As for the rest, I dunno. In any case, I doubt that there's money for an extra hire.
-Martin
P.S. But maybe I have a bias against project managers. For 6 years, I've worked for a boss who is not only a non-programmer but the stupidest, most micro-managing, and most controlling b*tch in the world.
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