Don't get me wrong, but some discussions are useless and do more harm
than good for the Lazarus. project imho. This is one of hem. Normally I
would simply not answer. But this takes too long imho, and too much time
which can be spend much better.
Op dinsdag 15-01-2008 om 13:10 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Lee
Jenkins:
> >> Do you really think, Lazarus should only exist to develop Lazarus? For
> >> creating a successful and strong development tool (which is the goal
> >> of the whole project AFAIK) you need not only contributors but users
> >> as well...
> >
> > Why needs Lazarus users that contribute nothing?
> >
> > Vincent
> >
>
> Vincent, I think not all users will contribute, maybe the majority of them
> will
> not, but they help the project nonetheless, IMO.
Those who will leave the project because of large exe-size, we don't
need.
> 1. Some that do not contribute a lot will still spread the word of Lazarus,
> especially if their experiences with Lazarus are good ones.
Those who will leave the project because of large exe-size, can only
spread fuzz. They will always find something to pick about. They can't
be serious.
> 2. Some *will* contribute a little, a few may contribute a lot in various
> ways
> (documentation/testing if not actual code contributions). I believe the "Law
> of
> Averages" is simply in control as far as this goes. As the user based
> increases
> so will the contributions, bug reports, documentation, etc. Maybe its like
> panning for gold!
Those who will leave the project because of large exe-size, will only
scare people away. Especially real developers, who get tired of
discussions like this. They don't like it if they feel like they have to
take care of some newbies that will never develop theirselves furhter.
> Thanks for your hard work, Vincent (and other Lazarus developers). Your work
> does not go unappreciated :)
Each second that people like Vinvent spend on this, is lost time.
Offcourse we need to support the community. And Vincent is doing a great
deal in that way. That's probably the reason that he responded on this
thread, while the other lazarus-developers mostly did not. But this
takes too long, it will not take the project any further.
Joost
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