On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Bob Waycott <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> For what it's worth, I don't think there's much of an issue with regard to
> accepting or not accepting patches into Satchmo.
> Like any other open-source project (or at least like the vast majority),
> Satchmo is developed and maintained on volunteer hours. So, development can
> only progress as that time is available to invest in reviewing patches,
> applying them locally (ensuring they apply cleanly), and rigorously testing
> them to ensure there are no unintended negative side effects. This is a
> standard practice of every open source project I've known in the last
> decade.
>
> Let's not forget that the Satchmo devs need to have a life outside of
> Satchmo, too. ;)
>

I really know that and I'm sorry you've taken my words as an accusation.
I think Satchmo is a precious project and I hope it will bring to a sort of
little foundation to help developers work for it not only basing on
volunteer hours.

Companies that uses it for business could put some money together to bring
some improvements. 20 companies that promise 100€ is a little sum that can
help, or not?

Maybe we can also create some satchmo developer day to help standard
developers with testing and patching.

It's an open source project and I want to help it grow, it's the reason I
spend some time to put on trac some simple patches I've tested a lot on a
production website, and I think this can help.

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