> Judging by the lack of response to my message yesterday containing some > ideas for additions and changes I am assuming that there is no interest.
Unjustified leap to conclusion. There are dozens of other reasons why you might not have gotten a response. > As this was my first attempt at open source contribution, could > someone explain why there is no interest in these types of changes? Here are some reasons why you might not have gotten a response, even though your suggestion may have been sensible. 1. In open-source projects, people generally respond only to issues that interest them, either because its their thing, or because it touches on a problem they are solving. For example, I try to respond to anything having to do with the query parser, but generally ignore stuff dealing with, say, hit scoring. 2. The level of urgency to fix something that's not "obviously" broken in open-source projects varies with how much time participants have at the moment. Most people on this list have jobs, and open-source stuff is a fun diversion but doesn't usually grab our full attention. So maybe you need to wait longer for a response, or wait for a similar issue to crop up, or ask again at a later date. 3. We're sort of in a "release lockdown" mode now. 4. Maybe your suggestion didn't grab anyone's interest, not because its not useful or valuable, just because it didn't. Every cause needs a champion; this cause may not yet have one. It may or may not need one. Open-source projects are chaotic, but cool stuff does emerge from the chaos. Don't be discouraged! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
