On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 22:54 -0600, David Mertens wrote: > Hello again - > > I am new to padre-dev and signed up just in time to get the v 0.56 > release announcement and *cough* discussion.
Don't take those emails as indicative of the general goings on with Padre. It's not like that at all. > It looks kinda quiet around here aside from those release emails. For the most part I'd agree. This isn't really a high traffic mailing list. > In my previous email I made two suggestions and given the lack of > enthusiasm I am wondering now if I should take them somewhere else. If you mean to discuss it more actively, then please do. The best place to discuss things is irc.perl.org in the #padre channel. The mailing list does get read by a few people ( I have no idea of membership numbers ) but certainly most of hte people in #padre are reading this list. > Of course, given the focus on the recent release, it's really not > surprising that it's quiet, so perhaps I should just sit tight for > another week. I don't see any problem with posting ideas such as yours to the mailing list. It allows you to write detailed design and flesh out ideas in a medium that allows for this. irc is good for instant feedback ( as long as people are awake ) but lacks the capacity email has for a longer posting about design and ideas. > The first idea - changing the current working directory for the syntax > checker - is low-hanging fruit for anybody who knows the code, so > perhaps I could post that idea somewhere more... fruitful. I was > going to put it in as a request on the tracker but I couldn't find a > way to sign-up or sign-in. For trac you need an account. If you jump into irc and ask for one someone will create you an account. Putting your ideas into trac is also a good move. Adding your ideas into trac and then coding against them is even better and highly encouraged. Don't be discouraged with the feeling that people lack enthusiasm with your ideas. Remember that all the developers on Padre are volunteers. No one gets paid to hack on Padre, so often the motivating force for development is scratching that itch you have. Hence you see people come and go all the time. There are our constants with Padre development... and they are usually around in irc to answer questions when you have them.. but the trick is to be patient and look around the code base yourself. Much of it is fairly stable these days so you won't find the API changing so dramatically that you have relearn things every 6weeks... Pete.
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