On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 05:01:52PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Abdelrazak" == Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Abdelrazak> Message to the main lyx developers: > > Abdelrazak> IMHO, if you want to encourage new contributions, you > Abdelrazak> should relax a bit the implicit process of reviewing for > Abdelrazak> trunk. I think that external developers are feeling very > Abdelrazak> scared (I am for non-qt4) and this fact can stop them from > Abdelrazak> further contribution. So instead of discussing during a > Abdelrazak> month or two some patches, why not commit the patches (if > Abdelrazak> they don't make lyx crash) and work from that point? > > I think reviewing publicly a patch is easier when it is complete. The > main problem is that we do not have enough time to work on LyX. I know > this is a problem for me; already focusing on 1.4 is difficult, so > reviewing patches lags. I hope I will be more available after 1.4 > settles.
No problem with me. I am not going to push you. > OTOH, we have tried adding patches 'that work' without asking much. > And now we have a lot of code that nobody really understands or > special hacks. It is not that new contributors are not good. It is > just that often you need several people to find the right solution. > > I do want to have new blood in the team. We definitely need that. But > at the same time we need to keep the code in a consistent shape. FWIW, I agree with you. -- Enrico
