> Ok, "assigning" might be a little harsh term, "settling > priotities" would be > better term :)
In practice, no one really sets priorities in open source projects - when the workers are volunteers, you can't tell them which bits to fix... You can maybe suggest/request they fix certain bits, but if they want to fix something else instead, that's what they fix. Instead, projects evolve depending on the input from the interests of the active members... I've seen projects where the "leader" tried to direct the development, but these projects sort of withered away - the "staff" just lost interest because the project wasn't addressing the things they needed from it. That's a large part of why a lot of the distro companies pay developers actual money to work on the bits no one else can be bothered with... > is also cleaner interface, cleaner API, all things putted in > namespace... Actually, the interface isn't that bad - in the grand scheme of things it is actually quite sensible and reasonably straightforward. Certainly better than, well, lots of GUI toolkits actually. Much simpler and tidier than the win32 native API's or the MFC, and I never really liked Motif much, and.... > > Most of the 2.0 development is being done by Bill, Fabien, > and Sanel. > > So far this year: > > I'm curious, why don't they join this discussion and say > their opinion?? If I think Sanel and Fabien have posted in this thread, haven't they? Sanel certainly has. Bill posts when he can - but is often busy... I guess his "new job" might have an impact too... Do we have any indication how that is going to affect his ability to work on fltk in the future, BTW? Good / bad / neutral? > Sorry, but I don't agree that number of commits, solely, are > so much relevant > in determining the ammount of effort that is being invested > in development of > those two libraries. Very true indeed, but I'd guess if you counted the lines of actual code changed/added in the 2.x and 1.1.x commits, the 2.x commits would actually be a lot more. Certainly looks like that from my checkouts... Fabien put in some big changes from his branch, and there's all the stuff Bill has done... SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems Limited Registered Office: Sigma House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3EL A company registered in England & Wales. Company no. 02426132 ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
