> > Just my two cents worth as someone who I think has earnt the right to > have an opinion on all things TiddlyWiki. ;) >
Not that I would have earned myself any right to have an opinion... ;-) > Where coincidental or not it is my sincere > belief that it is impossible to contribute to the TiddlyWiki core code > in any meaningful - other than forking the code - for anyone not > working at Osmosoft. > ... > The > real danger in this scenario is that if Osmosoft were to decide to > divert focus from TW, it might create a void which otherwise would > have been filled by outside developers as part of the evolution of the > community... > That's my main concern. TW version 2.5 can already be considered as a fork, since in this thread it has clearly explained, that a standard TiddlyWiki now serves 2 purposes, for TW users and developers - as it has been until recently - but also as a code repository for external jQuery plugin developers - which is really unique. The focus has already changed from TW, as now initially and necessarily much more efforts has to be given for advancing this new kind of jquery plugins, for which only few or no purposes are available yet - or already existing the TW way, plus ironing bugs which such a refactoring might bring. This is such a great task... .. I slowly start to see the need for a user only oriented fork again - at least for the next 2-3 years. This can't be a one man task. Nevertheless, how about starting a TW fork where jQuerry can be included via MarkupPreHead, as it has always been the case, but doesn't has to? While including recent bugfixes and attracting outside developers again, to contribute and being part of a TiddlyWikis evolution without dependency to jQuery. What does everyone think? > Please let us have any comments here, ... > > Your thoughts are appreciated, as they highlight the need to more > clearly communicate changes - even though it's not always easy to > explain the significance of certain technical decisions. > > As previously mentioned, I believe these discussions are beyond the > scope of this particular thread. > > .... but this might be better continued as a blog post about > the impact of a corporate entity like BT getting involved with an open- > source project. > Clear communication has to occur whenever or wherever bluredness happens to be perceived. Otherwise it isn't really out in the open anymore ..therefore, lets discuss it here and now with everyone invited to participate - with as much mutual respect and contrarily as possible. :-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
