Rich Freeman wrote: > a big question is how to make it happen without just throwing > complaints on the folks who are trying their best to keep it all going.
The answer to this is the same as it has always been: Demonstrate that you are capable and reliable and given social compatibility then after some time you too can become a part of the team. This is the way most open source projects, actually most human projects work. Maintainers are not picked at random when there is high load, but trusted long-time contributors are promoted to maintainers when they shine. The more you complain instead of send patches, the less likely you are to ever become part of the solution. The key point to remember is that it is NOT neccessary to be part of the team in order to contribute solutions. You *first* contribute solutions and only *then* have a chance of becoming part of the team. I for one am working in my non-existant spare time on a fast ChangeLog generator. //Peter
