>Rails is not entirely a volunteer effort; my understanding is that at >least some of the core team (such as DHH) are paid by 37signals for the >specific purpose of working on Rails (am I wrong about this?). That >being the case, "they also have lives" is a lame excuse.
>Besides, even if it were a volunteer effort, it's a major project. When >a blog post comes out on 2 June promising a release in a couple of days, >and it's now 24 July, I don't think it's inappropriate to get impatient >for a release or an explanation of the delay. Heck, if they asked for >help, they might get some, but this silence is bad if the core team want >to keep their credibility. Why should I trust a core team that can't >get its act together to take 2 minutes to write a blog post explaining >why the release was delayed? Well, it might be just me -- I'm excited about Rails 3, but I don't really need it right now. To be honest, I haven't even been following closely, didn't even know about the release dates, so maybe my judgement was too subjective. We probably won't get any solid answers from this mailing list, as I rarely see core-members around. Best, Marcelo. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: >> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: >>> Let them work, they also have lives. C'mon guys. >> >> Rails is not entirely a volunteer effort; my understanding is that at >> least some of the core team (such as DHH) are paid by 37signals for the >> specific purpose of working on Rails (am I wrong about this?). That >> being the case, "they also have lives" is a lame excuse. >> >> Besides, even if it were a volunteer effort, it's a major project. When >> a blog post comes out on 2 June promising a release in a couple of days, >> and it's now 24 July, > > Oops, 8 June, not 2 June. Still bad. > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
