On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Matthew Toseland <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/12/15 20:34, Ian wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Victor Denisov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> This is very interesting, it is - but I'm afraid the true reason Freenet > >> is struggling as a software development project is much, much simpler. > >> If I can put my two kopecks' worth out there, my *personal* feeling is > >> that the project has been lacking some sort of a "steel hand", > >> Stalin-style, ever since Ian had stepped down. > >> > >> Basically, what Freenet had shown in that regard is that management "by > >> committee" doesn't work for open-source projects just like it doesn't > >> work in the world of commercial applications. You (developers) and we > >> (users) desperately need a real *leader*, a person who will listen to > >> different points of view and then make quick, binding and final > >> decisions - which everyone will respect and adhere to, and which will > >> end any and all discussions of the topic in question. You/we should > >> choose *one* person and willfully grant him/her authority to make final > >> unilateral decisions on all aspects of the project. > >> > >> I'm afraid that before that is done, Freenet is destined to be stuck in > >> the development mire it currently is. > > I'm not sure, I've definitely been very hands-off in recent years, but > even > > at the peak of development around 2000-2003ish I don't think anyone would > > describe me as "Stalin-like", I always tried to act more as a > > "facilitator", trying to encourage people to play nice and be an > > independent arbiter. For a while that worked pretty well, perhaps > > partially because the constant flow of favorable publicity provided a > > constant flow of new, enthusiastic, and (often) competent developers > > willing to devote their time. > > IMHO we need to play the publicity game again. Maybe it will take a > little while to get our pieces in place e.g. sort out the website. But > we need to do something to get some attention, even if it's just calling > it 0.8. > Yep. We actually have some really solid functionality in place right now. Sone is awesome and was a big win. More sexy functionality and a UI overhaul will position us very well I also know somebody at a prominent tech publication who I may be able to convince to cover freeenet in a favorable light, so I think we can have that phenomenon go on again. We just need to get hacking. Maybe I will eat my words and jump back in just to prove a point. _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [email protected] https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
