And to be clear, it's not a lack of motivation on my part, it's a
lack of time.
I completely understand this. I never expected anything else.
documentation, or I can't find the documentation. As an example,
(my fault or not, not the point) I didn't even *know* the
jspwiki_module.xml file existed when I proposed the idea of a
plugin administration feature. I hadn't had the chance to locate
it, and I hadn't seen anything in the documentation about it.
That's fine. Even if we wrote documentation on all bits (e.g. the
workflow package is very well documented), you still wouldn't have
time to read about it all.
Which would land you in exactly the same situation as before.
And this is *NOT* a failure of the project.
(Besides, the feature you mention is documented: http://
doc.jspwiki.org/2.4/wiki/DevelopingPlugins). I would very much like
to see what would be a better place to put the documentation about
plugins than the "how to develop plugins" section of our official
documentation.)
To reiterate, I'm not trying to be critical here, I'm only trying
to let you know that some of us are struggling to keep up.
I completely understand. But your proposed solution of "let's slow
down" is completely wrong, which is why I am criticizing it so
harshly. Making developers feel unhappy about the effort that they
are putting into the system is bloody destructive.
Some
of this might be mitigated by better documentation (or even a map
of the existing documentation, as it's sometimes hard to find
things) but I know you're as strapped for time as anyone. But as
more developers get involved in the project I'm hoping this
situation will improve, not get worse.
You know, even adding empty templates on doc.jspwiki.org on the
subjects that *need* updates would be helpful. That way people can
come in and know what is unclear to other people. And adding a
couple of lines to a wiki is not a question of time.
In fact, using the wiki to document these things is very much
preferred, since email conversations are forgotten in a week. A JIRA
issue or a wikipage will be eventually attended to.
/Janne
