On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 08:50:51PM +0200, Holger Weiß wrote: > * Derek Martin <[email protected]> [2013-10-24 10:46]: > > This hasn't been true for Mutt, at least historically. Some of the > > people who submit patches infrequently have taken the time to review > > other patches (myself included)... > > However, this misses the point I was trying to make. The Mutt project > always had dedicated maintainers (who've actually been criticised for > being too conservative more than once).
I didn't miss the point, I was simply making a different one: There are no absolutes; different projects can succeed under different conditions. It just depends upon the personalities involved. Dedicated maintainers generally improve your chances at success; though not so much when they actively block progress by their inaction, whether due to design or indifference or some other factor. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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