On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:33 PM, thron7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Gregory wrote: >> Hi, I'm not on the qooxdoo development team so can't give a detailed >> answer to this, but the guys worked pretty hard on getting 0.8 out of >> the door and have taken well desevered vacations. Also a lot of work has >> been going into the much needed documentation. IMHO we should see the >> development to pick up spped again soon :) > > Indeed, if you take SVN commits as your only measure, you didn't see > much activity recently. But there is much more work on the project, > which is as important, and sometimes even as visible. > > Documentation was a top-priority during the last weeks, and still is, > and given various posts on this list was a good thing to focus on. The > "Wiki Changes" link on the homepage can give an impression. > > While we are still not at full strength (Alex returning this week), we > have three new members on the team which need and deserve our attention > to get them going. While the kind and level of support can vary a lot > between them, each minute we spend with them is worthwhile for the whole > of the project and a good investment, yet not very obvious for an > outstander. > > Bug fixing was a priority, but much more bug organisation and managment, > to gear up for the upcoming 0.8.1. If you are following our bugzilla you > will have noticed a lot of changes in bug priorization and scheduling. > > And last but not least, the amount of effort going into the mailing list > has risen dramatically since the 0.8 release, which is very > understandable and also very appreciated. But we've only got two hands > and one head each, so all the time we spent answering posts on the > mailing list is missing somewhere else ... :). Many issues cannot be > answered in a couple of minutes and off the top of our heads, but really > need research, reproducing the situation, analyzing, and coming up with > answers that both help but also point into the right direction for our > own development. > > You see, there's a lot of activity which is not just SVN commits and > "developing" means more than coding ... :)
I know, I'm a developer myself. It's just the current *apparent* slowdown reminded me of the last time you did an external project and didn't speak about it until I asked. So I decided to ask again. Seems like I was wrong. Sorry for the noise. -- Gaëtan de Menten http://openhex.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
