root [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > when people have suggested new platforms like windows or sbcl, > new guis, new algebra, or whatever a new branch is created. i > expect that (a) people will commit to those branches and (b) > people will develop their idea to the level that it "just works" > and (c) people will document their work so it can be understood > and changed by others and (d) people will bring their branch up > to the latest level so other people can test it. this is what > you expect on the main branch.
Remember that effort is an exponentially falling distribution. Just a guess, but each line below will at least halve the number of people that make it to that step. Open source occurs on the tail. # website viewers # downloaders # that get axiom running # that try to compute something "real" # that try to modify something # that attempt to submit patches/create arch branch # that develop patch to usability # that document their patch # that take the effort to get the patch integrated. -- Cheers, Bob McElrath [Univ. of California at Davis, Department of Physics] "In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms." -- Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002)
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