On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:54 -0400, Timothy P. Horton wrote: > I'm a Summer of Code student this year (so, not a /real/ E developer), > and I was planning on keeping my head entirely out of this > conversation, but each email makes that more and more difficult. So > I've decided to express my _opinion_ on the matter of the E community > (I'm have no preference in the license wars, and I will *not* choose a > side). > > I've come to realize that the E community might not be as healthy as > it appears from the outside; it certainly isn't as /large/ as it > appears, nor as large as it would need to be in order to sustain a > codebase of this size and expand its user base (as I assume one of the > goals of the project is). > > However, it is my opinion that this is, in fact, *not* a license > issue, nor a quality issue, or anything of that matter - the simple > fact is, you *are* losing potential developers with arguments like > this (and the rest from weeks past). They notice the amount of time > the 'community' spends on things like this (among other issues), and > move on to other projects. I know this, because I know a handful of > said developers, and the fact that they decided not to work on E > saddens me, but I cannot find fault in their argument; I'm sorry. > > Anyway - here's to a speedy resolution of this, and millions more > lines of working, usable, use*ful* code. > > Tim
And that is really THE saddest part of all this commotion. E isn't a community as Hisham said, not many people use it or its libraries (are there even any isvs using ewl or etk?). And instead of people doing what they like (which is in this case, coding), suddenly the shit hit the political fan. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
