On 1/25/10 10:06 PM, "Thomas Worrall" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If it doesn't do what I need it to, I'm not going to bloody use it. Why >> would anyone use an application that doesn't do what they need for <time >> period>. If I'm not using it, why do I care about pushing for features in >> version 2? I have other things to do than waiting for godot. > > Usually when a project is this early in development, nobody outside > the core dev team would know about it. It'd be another 6 months to a > year before it would even be announced. You'll be waiting a long time > for this app whatever the outcome of the current discussions. Having done this with other email applications, that's not a terribly long time in terms of code freeze. > > I find it quite odd that you're surprised that your feature requests > aren't being accepted immediately and without consideration. This idea > hasn't even existed for a fortnight yet. Currently most people are > trying to turn a mammoth project into one small enough to be > attainable. That doesn't mean we're not considering features. But it > does mean firstly that many are being left until later, and secondly > that nothing's going on the list without scrutiny. There is a difference, a big one, between 'not being accepted immediately' and 'being dismissed out of hand'. You want my opinion to change, change the facts, or better yet, give me a fact to go on. In a communications vacuum, you go with what fits. > > Seriously, be patient. It may be that in a month, or two, or six, > people will have more idea of the scope of various aspects of the > project, and some stuff will be put back on the list. This is a really > slow process, and it seems like you're trying to hurry it more than it > can be hurried. It's not a slow process, and the time to decide what this application will do IS now. Not later when there's code written and changes are even harder. But now. While nothing is carved in bits. Because the longer you wait, the harder it gets. -- John C. Welch Writer/Analyst Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
