It wasn't too many years ago that there were only a tiny handful of developers actually writing code, and the flightgear-devel list consisted mainly of bug reports and feature requests. Almost no one understood the breadth of the codebase (some people worked on specific parts, like the FDM or 3D model code, without knowing much about the rest), so people had to trust Curt or Norm or me with system-wide changes.
Now we have lots of talented developers, some of whom are starting to feel very proud (and protective) about their areas of the code base. We have informed debates on the list from people who have actually looked at, understood, and even written the code in question. We have modellers contributing so many new aircraft and buildings that base-package bloat has become a major concern. And now it seems like everyone's an XML specialist.
Good work, guys (and gals, if you're hiding out there).
All the best,
David
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