Hi Jeremy (et al),
Ahem... If someone is prepared to nominate me as a committer I'll gladly support the midi block. :)
I must admit I haven't had a lot of requests for MIDI block support since I cobbled it together back in 2003, and neither have I extended it in any of the ways that I thought I might. Nevertheless, I would like to see it survive as an example of how much fun Cocoon can be.
Thanks guys, for encouraging enthusiasts like me to create Cocoon blocks - of all sorts! Long may it continue.
BTW Jeremy, I always meant to thank you for this feedback. :)
> I just updated Cocoon, and took a wizz around the samples ....
> In the MIDI section, I clicked on "A Short MIDI File", and it played in my browser =:-()
> I NEARLY DROPPED MY CHIPS !!!!!
> Well done!!!
(from http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@cocoon.apache.org/msg02395.html)
Take care everyone, Mark
On 16 Mar 2005, at 23:19, David Crossley wrote:
Jeremy Quinn wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I am happy you are being pro-active about this.
However, I see several items on the "unsupported" list which are IMHO important components of Cocoon, or are blocks that I use regularly in my work. eg. chaperon, jms, naming, repository, webdav, xmldb (and others). In most cases, the fact that they do not currently have >2 supporters does not effect their quality and usefulness.
On reviewing this list again, I see several blocks that I have worked on that I probably should have put my name to, and I notice several blocks that I know people actively care about, that they have not put their name to.
Maybe I misunderstand the purpose of having "supported" and "unsupported" blocks, but I would hate to useful work being sidelined by not attracting usage or new contributions.
Thanks for raising these issues. I wrote a similar mail but didn't yet send it ...
I am concerned about the signals that this classification, and listing of committers, sends for community-building.
Here are some random thoughts - sorry no time ...
Some blocks have no committers listed, e.g. midi, asciiart However, they probably don't need much maintenance, so why would they be listed as unsupported, or worse, moved offsite because it appears that no-one cares.
I am not putting my name against any blocks, but that doesn't mean that i won't help with them. Whenever i make some spare time to attend to Bugzilla, i will work on patches for any block.
We try not to mention specific committers names. In fact, we voted a while ago to remove author tags from code (but not yet done). We really don't want to encourage the community to contact individuals.
--David
