I periodically share Michael's feelings as well. For me, those concerns would be eliminated if the authors did two things: 1. Publicly disclosed the enhancements they were /considering/ (not necessarily a formal roadmap) 2. Set up a thriving community for "official" and unofficial plugins
For example, I wouldn't mind at all if support for the mouseenter/mouseleave/mousewheel events were released as a tested and endorsed plugin. Then those who were interested could use something they knew would work with current and future versions. I find it unsatisfying that Prototype is used by so many developers worldwide including Rails and many major companies, yet finding good scripts is a Google hit-and-miss affair. I know that months ago the authors created a private built-on-prototype list, but it either died or I got kicked off :) Did that idea get killed? - Pot-Stirrer Ken Michael Peters wrote: > Mislav Marohnić wrote: > >> On Jan 7, 2008 9:25 PM, Ken Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Some ideas >> are shared with the community while some are kept private for further >> discussions among core members. >> > > Why the secrecy? This is an open source project after all. > > >> So, the reason we don't share the exact >> roadmap to Prototype 2.0 with the public is because even we don't know >> the roadmap yet, and we don't want to set expectations and then break them. >> > > Sounds an awful lot like the IE team's arguments about why they are so > secretive > with IE development. If you want me to invest my projects, my development time > and that of my team (if I'm the decision maker) into prototype/SAU then why > not > give me the information and confidence that I need to make that decision. > > I understand not wanting to disappoint, but if you're open about the plans as > well as the reasons for failure/delay I'm pretty sure the community will > forgive > you. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
