On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Dr. Robert Marmorstein <rob...@narnia.homeunix.com> wrote: >> My opinion (bluntly stated) is that the Basket web site is not a >> dumping ground for your personal projects even though you are the >> creator of the application and are still hosting the web site. (Both >> of which we are grateful for, don't misunderstand my wording). If you >> want people to know about your next project, I would suggest starting >> a blog, having it syndicated on Planet KDE or some other such place, >> and posting there. IMO, the Basket web site needs to be about Basket. >> Not about Basket and the creator's new personal pet project. >> >> I would be happy to announce a new site/blog/whatever on the basket >> web site indicating that you've moved on and that people interested in >> your work can find it at the other site. > > I'm sorry Matt, but I disagree. I don't think it's asking very much to be > able to put a short notification on the basket site about Sebastien's new > project. After all, he did create the program in the first place. > Furthermore, I think doing so helps US out in a few ways: > > 1. A lot of people seem to think that BasKet is dead and that development has > stopped. This is especially challenging given how long it has been since a > full-blown point release. The recent beta should help some -- if anyone > notices it. The best solution is to get BasKet to a point where we can > release 2.0 and then come up with a regular release schedule that > distributions can depend on. However, we can also help dispell the myth by > making the web site more active. Adding something to the web site (even if > it's not directly basket related) shows that we are at least maintaining the > web site. > > 2. One of our biggest challenges right now is growing our user base and > (especially) our developer base. A lot of people have kind of written us off. > If Sebastien is willing to reciprocate by putting a link to the basket page > from his snaky web site, we could gain a lot more visibility. Snaky seems to > be a VERY well done game (good job, Sebastien!) and I think it's very > reasonable to believe that it will attract a lot of users. > > My 2 cents, > > Robert >
I'm happy to follow the majority here. I was just stating a personal opinion really. Sebastien: go ahead and add a link. I hope your game is a huge success. It definitely looks like you could have a smash hit on your hands. -- Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Basket-devel mailing list Basket-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/basket-devel
