Hi Curt, On a personal note, balancing changing family,professional & personal priorities is a a task we all struggle with and can readily imagine the sort of issues you are having. I had/have to deal with family summer projects, work (out-of-hours) projects and then try and fit in my personal projects. I don't know how you guys manage it! The productivity most of you show is amazing and while I would certainly like the release of a new version to coincide with me getting a new platform working, I am starting to understand the number of balls you (personally) are able to keep in the air.... it's amazing.Let me say, I appreciate the work you and all the other developers put into the project to keep us "mere mortals" happy... the list is long and distinguished, but in my books, you are on the podium for your efforts!
And a thanks to all ... I started a list, but I think you all know who you are....thanks. Dene NZWN http://denemaxwell.dnsdojo.net Curtis Olson wrote: > On 4/30/07, *Paul Duncan* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > For us mere mortals here, how do you decide when a new > release is necessary? Is it just when you have a > certain number of features in the CVS version that > aren't in the official release, or what? > > > > I would say in an ideal world each release would be only a few months > apart. Unfortunately, my life has been extremely hectic for about a > year and a half and it just seems to get crazier, so I haven't had > enough connected moments to even think about a release. > > I was put in a terrible no-win situation a year ago last January at my > day job where I was essentially double committed for two different > bosses ... and it took me at least a year to work my way through that, > and there are still a few people with lingering hard feelings and > misunderstandings towards me about how that all played out (or was > supposed to play out in their various world views.) This spring, a > coworker of mine that I job share with had to take a month and a half > off for personal needs, and I had the work of an extra person dumped > on my shoulders for that time. I've been trying to navigate a series > of pretty tough (and very stressfull and time consuming situations at > my day job) and that has really hindered my ability to do all the > things that the FlightGear project needs. I know ... cry me a river > ... life is tough ... :-) But I say this just to explain why I > haven't been able to focus nearly as much attention on FlightGear as > I'd like to and as FlightGear deserves. > > And when I do get a few connected moments now to think about > FlightGear, I have a huge backlog of email (well tasks that the emails > remind me of.) So even thinking about all the time required to put > out a release makes me go back to looking at my email back log. I > appreciate when people are kind enough to gently remind me about > things that have been buried in my email inbox for too long. > Sometimes I can dig them out and get them done, sometimes I can't. > > Anyone out there want to fund me 1/2 time to manage the FlightGear > project? I'm ready to talk! Serioiusly! Before I lose what's left > of my gray hair! > > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson - University of Minnesota - FlightGear Project > http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ > <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> > http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ > <http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/> http://www.flightgear.org > Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
