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On 23/08/15 06:46, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
> To me, this means even if there are only a few active PCB developers 
> out there, proprionally there are even fewer active users/testers. 
> There are occasional sprints in development, and there are usuallt 2 
> or 3 users reporting results.
>
> There's probably nothing wrong with that, but if that's the case, I 
> find it natural that developers find it more motivating to develope 
> for themselves than for the "crowd" - at least, that's the effect on me. 
And this will be the dead of pcb. I totally understand your argument and 
I sympathize.

I didn't volunteer as a tester because you wrote somewhere you disabled 
things *YOU* didn't need. My conclusion was "well then probably the 
things *I* need are untested or won't work". So why bother testing stuff 
that may not work for *ME*.
Like John Doty said: one person’s essential feature is another’s 
debilitating bug.

The great thing about adding to the official repro is that I know that 
the things *I* like in pcb are still there and that I'm only testing the 
additions.

Lately I get the feeling pcb is in a downward spiral, developers start 
for themselves and users get scared/confused and runaway. Resulting in 
testers leaving and that will motivate developers to start for 
themselves.....
Not to mention new users...

I like the idea of Markus, but if we want to keep pcb alive we need a 
strong and active project manager.
Who can use the script of Markus ;-)

Cheers, Robert.