On 21 April 2010 08:55, Andreas Haufler (scireum) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I’d like to clarify the statement made by mike. What we meant by saying > we’re waiting for a “1.0” is that the git-code now and then seems to be a > bit broke. So we are actually asking for an estimate when some of you would > think the code is stable enough so that we would run a lot of tests, do a > lot of debugging and report errors or fixes to the list.
I think we knew really what was meant Andeas. Merely the way that it was put, that caused me to go for 'leg pulling' in my comments. ;o) > So that was clearly meant to be an offer to contribute to the project. We > enjoy using pdf2swf and we’re absolutely willing to contribute back. We just > don’t have the time to start all those tests, just to find out, that pdf2swf > fails with a seg fault or so, because there’s a memory issue or what not. Understood. > To my eyes, some coordination on generating a release which is stable and > usable (independent of which features are in) would be a good thing to do. Agreed. > And chris, to answer your question, you are indeed unfair ;-) I was? ;o) > Tests are as much a part of good software as the development of new features They are too. >. So providing a large test set.. Quantity is not usually the watchword. Variety however, possibly is. Give me specific criteria in small doses against general messing about every time. > and contributing to a stable and mature release is DEFINITELY an incentive > and not > at all to be criticized. Quite so. > ALSO, at least you might want to check the list archives first. We had a > specific feature > request and we DID offer money for a fix. (We also did some contributions > and research concerning the new font rendering in FP10). As I think I stated, putting these requests in a more obvious place, say on a specific wiki page, may just help. Trawling lengthy postings on a mailing list for snippets of information is not my ( nor anyone else's I suspect ), idea of fun! Is the project large enough to warrant the use of something like Bugzilla or Trac, or is the wiki sufficient for now? Anyone? > I'd say, we all calm down a bit, remain a friendly and open conversation on > this list and focus on the development and delivery of good software. I'm so chilled as to be almost horizontal. Simply can't resist the odd wind-up, that's all. > Our offer remains, as long as some of you are interested in making a "1.0" > or whatever, we're willing to invest a lot of time in testing, debugging and > of course, contributing back to the project. However, some coordination > would be a necessary. Co-ordination does seem to be a bit lax. Suggestions as to a way forward? > freundliche Grüße > > Andreas Haufler > Geschäftsführer Und zu Ihnen, Chris.
