On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 08:06:46AM +0100, James Griffin wrote:
> !-- On Sat 7.Sep'13 at 22:46:45 BST, Thomas Adam ([email protected]), wrote:
>
> > Oh well.
> >
> > Note that I am not in any way interested in discussing the merits of forums
> > versus mailing lists and vice versa. I just want the responsibility taken
> > away from me completely ASAP.
>
> You've missed the point. I couldn't give a shit about mailing lists
> and/or forums and which is better. I'm saying there won't be anyone to
> ask questions to, apart from Dan. It seems like the beginning of the end
> of the fvwm2.
Why? You've had a distorted view that somehow support will stop dead. It
won't. Ever since FVWM started its development there has been a changing
group of people in terms of its development, and the same goes for those who
are both subscribed and choose to answer questions. I can't say that I'll
stop answering questions, no. But I am definitely stopping any active
development.
That is not the same thing as "the beginning of the end". It's the way FVWM
has _always_ been developed, and it's part of its success in that regard,
too.
Stop putting FUD around the place. The pace of FVWM's development might
slow, and/or it might stall, but so what? It's pretty complete as-is.
FVWM's development is as-and-when---the development community has always
been variable and changing, with different people doing things and different
times, and for some times not at all.
> You said on the OpenBSD mailing list some weeks ago you were the main
> developer for fvwm - so who's going to develop it now?
I said I was "the only upstream developer for FVWM for now", which means I'm
the most active person churning out code fixes, etc. See above for how
FVWM's developed. I think I've made that pretty clear.
This is my final word on this. I want to get back to discussing who's going
to want the data I've got for the wiki and forums to handover.
-- Thomas Adam
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"Deep in my heart I wish I was wrong. But deep in my heart I know I am
not." -- Morrissey ("Girl Least Likely To" -- off of Viva Hate.)
