Mail Archives: geda-user/2015/09/16/18:52:30
Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-
user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> I understand that you have contributed meaningfully to this project but
> we need a team to be blessed by the powers that be.
In my very humble opinion, we need a working team in the first place. The
keyword here is "working" as opposed to let patches bit rot, not decide
weather or not a feature branch should get merged or abandoned, or not the
least, procrastinate releases and have no road map with goals for future
development whatsoever. Everything else should come second.
(Sorry for the harsh words. But realistically, the above characterizes the
progress of the geda project since about 2008 for the most part. Yes,
there were significant improvements in some areas and I am glad about it.
Else, I would have switched away since long. But seen from a distance the
progress looks glacially -- in particular when compared to projects like
freecad or kicad)
> The blessing legitimizes the team.
Kings and popes need to be blessed...
> With out a legitimate team the project will devolve back into people
> fighting on an email list
Sorry, but I have not seen developers seriously fighting on geda-user ever
since I started reading it in 2005/2006. The list geda-devel while it was
readable for mortal users was even more peaceful.
> and even if code is written no release could ever be issued. gEDA will
> be known as that project with a million forks,
Being motivated and capable to contribute but locked out by the powers
that be constitutes a strong motivation to fork. This is more than pure
speculation. Remember, why Igor started his pcb-rnd?
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