Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
Le mardi 19 avril 2005 Ã 20:55 +0000, Andrew Brown a Ãcrit :
It still looks as if the big contribution of volunteer developers is
bringing OOo on other platforms up to the level of Star Office on Windows.
Why would anyone sink huge developments efforts into new features when
simple fixes that make current features suck less are not being applied?
Building a contributor community is no magic, it's all about merging
code people send you, starting with small stuff
1. it's how people get into with the codebase
2. it reassures them that if they spend their precious time upfront
coding they won't find a closed door afterwards
3. if you don't leave trivial stuff to newcomers either senior coders
will have to do it or it won't be done
4. simple management logic is to do low hanging fruits first, and
propagate proved solutions from other products/platforms before
experimenting
Where's the innovation?
Bolt a rocket engine on a rusty carcass and it'll disintegrate as soon
as you start it. OpenOffice.org/StarOffice needs more people replacing
the rusty parts and less people dreaming about rocket engines. This is
only more evident on platforms not basking in Sun love.
This apart from the fact no one will donate a rocket engine to people
that wouldn't be bothered with oking a bit of paint work when it was
last offered.
Robert Derman replies: If I had to guess, I suspect that some of these
frustrations will cause OOo to end up being forked eventually.
