In a recent message thread about Robert's OpenGL ES work keeping him from being able to make a new public release, the following exchange occurred:
>>> The idea of have a range of engineers to have write access to >>> branches and with the ability to taken the driving seat with making >>> stable releases is something we discussed and put into place around a >>> year ago. Alas apart from Paul Martz' 2.6.1 release there hasn't been >>> any impetus from the community to drive this forward. The key point >>> is that I was trying to step back from having to be the impetus behind >>> releases and to allow others to take the reigns. >> I think this is a good plan. I'm not sure I can volunteer to be the sole >> driving force >> behind a release (in fact, I know I can't) but it's possible we could >> assemble a few >> people that together could do so. > > We'll without volunteers pushing it forward then it'll just fall back > to myself to do when available. > >> Is there anyone reading this who could help get the next release out as >> part of a group? > > I'm been away for almost a week and no other engineers and jumping in > so I guess not at this time. I think this is pretty sad. We're all here benefiting from the OSG project, but nobody else is willing to step forward and take on some of Robert's tasks to help keep the project moving? Yeah, we all have day jobs, but really, by doing this work, we're freeing up Robert's time to do other stuff that only he is in a position to do, that we all will probably benefit from. Even if you don't need OGLES2 support yourself, chances are, you'll benefit from the work being done here before long. The release process isn't long, complicated or difficult. It simply needs people who care enough to commit to it and careful enough to follow the steps properly. I'm volunteering to help, but I can't take it all on my shoulders personally. Who else And I don't want to see the same folks step forward who always help out in a pinch. You know who you are. The point of this is to get the rest of community to really contribute, not just lurk on the sides. OSG is a great project (one of the best Open Source projects in my experience) and it could be even better with some more participation. Rant off. -- Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere Xenon AlphaPixel.com PixelSense Landsat processing now available! http://www.alphapixel.com/demos/ "There is no Truth. There is only Perception. To Perceive is to Exist." - Xen _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
