> From: "Claus Reinke" <claus.rei...@talk21.com> > Subject: JS tools (was: Harmony transpilers) > Date: October 11, 2011 21:53:58 GMT+02:00 > To: "Brendan Eich" <bren...@mozilla.com> > Cc: es-discuss@mozilla.org > > >> There is a lot of abandon-ware in open source, .. > > Too true. And, for JS tools, a development I've been watching with increasing > concern (development fragmentation coupled with > scarce developer resources leading to project starvation).
Amen to that! It’s worse in JS land than anywhere else! People are proud of their micro-libraries and inheritance APIs, but it’s not a good sign that they are there. > I've been mulling the idea of creating a js-tools mailing list, > in the hope of getting JS tool developers to talk to each other. > Do readers here think that would have a chance? Or do JS > tool developers prefer to work in isolation? Sounds like a good idea. It might make sense to coordinate with the CommonJS people. > PS. I am somewhat wary of using Google groups for such > a list, given their disastrous spam record for JS-related > lists. Any suggestions about a suitable free host that does > not make moderation a pain? Google Groups is scary. I used it to communicate with my students for several projects. One day, some kind of automatic trigger went off at Google and decided that I was a spammer. I’ve been locked out of *all* of Google Groups (including my own content) for years now and my numerous attempts to get this fixed never led to anything (no human ever seems to be in the loop). Possible alternative: Posterous Groups (haven't tried them, though). http://posterous.com/groups -- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer a...@rauschma.de twitter.com/rauschma home: rauschma.de blog: 2ality.com
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