> I don't doubt that you, the FOP developers, are a group of good software > professionals and a bunch of nice peaple. But the way you handle FOP as a > product development project and relate to the user's of FOP is downright > amateurish. And for me irritating, too.
It seems most of the misunderstanding about the Apache FOP project can be illustrated from your first paragraph. First, this is the FOP users list, not the FOP developers list. If you want to know how the daily development proceeds, join the correct list. Second, the project is open source, which means that by definition it is neither "professional" nor "amateur". It is a volunteer group. Undoubtedly, some developers are professionals and some are amateur, but that is irrelevant. If someone would like to see more progress in an area, then you've got SVN and may even have knowledge of java...get crackin! Third, we're not nice people; or rather, it's irrelevant whether we are. We are FOP users who have questions about, or are interested in, the product. I don't doubt that you're irritated. But expressing your irritation - which seems based on a misunderstanding of open source software - is not appropriate. If you have questions, or wish to encourage the group to make certain decisions or changes, then please ask. I've only been reading for about a month now, and I find this group to be very reasonable and dedicated. Jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
