Hi all,
One of the strength of Prototype is the fact that it comes bundled with
rails and is thus used by quite a large community.
I really don't think a forked version would have much success
considering this.
However, I do regret, as others, the fact that Sam is very distant and
seldom replies to contributors.
Maybe the solution would be to have a few other commiters?
This would discharge Sam from some of the work, and would enable the
framework to improve at a more steady pace...
I also regret the lack of presence and interaction on the irc
channel... of everyone.
I get better results when I post here than on irc, strange, no?
So if any of you guys wish to spend a bit more time on irc, discussing
patches, improvement requests, etc, maybe this would help too...
Anyway, I hope we get this sorted out,
Best regards,
Tobie
PS I'd still like to thank Sam for the outstanding job he's been doing
with Prototype!
From: "Andrew Kaspick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Could always fork it and implement all the outstanding fixes into a
new branch. Of course it wouldn't be distributed with rails, but if
enough people start using the "improved" version then who knows what
may happen. Of course this isn't the optimal solution, but at this
point I'd opt for the "improved" version.
Andrew
On 7/9/06, Michael Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Todd Ross wrote:
I'd do it myself, but I'm sick of being ignored by Sam.
Todd "disgruntled contributor" Ross
I have to admit that it's kind of depressing to work with an open
source project
with a distant (I'm sure others would use a stronger adjective)
maintainer. I
can't say that I've ever seen Sam Stephenson on the mailing list and
according
to comments from others, he doesn't seem to pay too much attention to
the bug
tracker either. Does he prefer some other medium of communitcation?
As a user and want-to-be-contributor, it would be nice to hear about
his roadmap
for future development, what things he wants help on, why some
patches are
rejected, or even if he no longer has interest in the project.
Although I'm not a Rails person, the 4th section of rubyonrails.com
is titled
"Get Involved".
--
Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP
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