Rick, I sure hope that "you do not pull the plug..." there are many of us who appreciate the work that you and the rest of the core team have put into ooRexx --- and I suspect that some, like me, did not know where, or how, to start. I did ask questions and Mark M, answered far more quickly then I expected him to do so - with some very detailed information.
A long time ago, I attempted to run an open-source project, and it failed in spite of best intentions. The primary reason for the failure, was that I could not do everything myself. (duh.) I know the core team needs help, and I have said several times that I would do so in the areas that I could. But, in trying to start I have found that I did not have a few skills needed to complete what I thought I could do. I am in the process of acquiring those skill sets as a few individuals in the group are aware. I expect that in the near term future, that I will be able to provide assistance, and I fully intend to do so - if for no other reason then to payback the community for the assistance they have provided me over the years. I do not doubt that the help that is needed from the group will occur, but I also know that sometimes it takes a while to get the ball rolling. Right now I feel like I personally am pushing uphill, but I also feel that I know where the top of the hill is - and once there, the rest of the effort will become much easier... ...at least for me, it is necessary to take some very small steps before I can take the larger ones necessary to provide the help that is needed now! /s/ Bill Turner wb4alm Rick McGuire wrote: > <soapbox> > I'd have to say I'm getting pretty tired of hearing comments like > that. I frankly am getting a bit upset at the lack of assistance and > community involvement in the project. 5 years since this was open > sourced and the bulk of the work still has to be done by a very small > core team. I'm rapidly reaching the point where my interest in > contributing reaches the tipping point. We need contributions of any > kind. If you don't think you have the savvy, then doing nothing to > help will ensure you never develop the savvy either. I'd rather be > spending my time correcting mistakes of somebody who's making an > effort to contribute than to feel like I need to handle every single > detail of the project myself, otherwise, it just doesn't get done. > The continued health of this project requires an active, growing > community. If that's not going to happen, then perhaps it's time to > pull the plug on the initiative. > </soapbox> > > Rick > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
