On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:59:42PM +0200, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > Other interesting statistics: ... snip ... Thanks for the links.
> Generally, the (updated) report sounds fine. > > One thing that concerns me a bit is the growing patch queue in Batik and > FOP. > ... snip ... > > Good patches that don't get processed will drive potential committers > away at some point. And patches can go out of date. But I still have no > recipe to get our project more active. I've been trying to recruit FOP > users to participate in the development ever since I went independent, > with only little success. Some people are often happier to pay for a > little extension or fix (which made a good part of my income in the last > few years) than to dive in themselves and take more control. And most > simply expect others to work for them for free. And then there's the > problem that spare fun time to do things not work/client-related is > usually very limited. Sigh. I agree. Do you want this concern included in the report? I prefer to give a realistic view of the project's position. Therefore at some point such concerns need to be expressed. Is that already in this report? Simon -- Simon Pepping home page: http://www.leverkruid.eu --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
