On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Ximin Luo <[email protected]> wrote:
> I totally agree with this. I also think a major reason for it, is because > of > the current attitude that toad/sanity have towards releases, namely that we > should try to get as much media attention as possible. > You think we should try keeping releases a secret? If we did that there would be no project. > I'm not saying that media attention is a bad thing, but we're letting it > affect > the development process too much. It puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on > these "colourful pieces of candy". > If, by "colourful pieces of candy" you mean things that make Freenet easier to use, then I am entirely in favor of as much pressure as possible to have colorful pieces of candy. > There's also the implicit attitude that more users will magically attract > more > devs, who will magically bring good management to the project. I can't > imagine > the logic behind this, there's too many jumps. > Its not an "attitude", its a fact. Developers want to be part of projects which are actually being used, and of course they need to discover those projects in the first place. Few developers get excited about jumping on board a project with a declining user-base. > So, I think a good way to address the problem of the bugtracker would be to > re-think the current attitude towards releases. We want more users; > however, > many things that are needed to sustain this project in the long run **won't > directly attract users** - doesn't mean we can skip or ignore them. > Nobody suggested that. If you disagree, please provide specific examples. Ian. -- Ian Clarke CEO, SenseArray Email: [email protected] Ph: +1 512 422 3588
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