On Sep 16, 2009, at 10:24 PM, Andrew Lindesay wrote:
Hi John;
On the path to WO 5.4.3 over 2007/2008, and simply when I'm trying
to understand specific behaviours, not having the source-code was/is
quite annoying -- I would have thought that it would be beneficial
for Apple to have all of us being able to submit suggested solutions
into Radar rather than just problems.
But as a practical matter you surely have the tools (JD) to inspect
the code when necessary. Given the state of documentation, there
really is no other choice. Granted have the actual source would be
more convenient.
Real engineering problems however are, in my opinion, dwarfed by the
political issues around having no source-access and releases managed
as "surprises" to the user base.
The lack of a clear road map is frustrating but IMO that's a separate
issue from it being closed source. Open source projects still have
delayed releases, features that are slow to materialize, rejected
patches, etc. But forking an entire project isn't something that's
done lightly so we live with it, the same way we live with these
things from a closed-source vendor.
Don't get me wrong, I'd welcome WO as open source in a minute...I'm
just saying I can see why they haven't done it, and I don't think the
source would necessarily have much impact on the community.
John
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