My two cents... I joined this list and effort just shortly before I went and found myself a different job that offers me very little time to do development. Also, I have a lot more PHP experience than Python, but was willing to try rolling my sleeves up on that if I could find the time.
I use Savane a lot. I have my own installation, but I agree it was (even then) creaking in places; much of the distributed version 3 required hacks to fix things up. I found myself reading the recent messages and wondering whether I should foolishly try to find some time to help - but I really can't afford to contribute to a dead end... so I am in a serious quandary whether to just move my site to FusionForge and having done with it... or trying to see what I can do here. Regards, CT. -- Dr Colin Turner Head of School School of Engineering University of Ulster +44 (0)28 9036 6278 ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso [[email protected]] Sent: 16 April 2012 21:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [Savane-dev] Miffed about the status of non-development I'm unhappy with the recent incident of losing a potential student contributor for Google Summer of Code for the Savannah rewrite in Python. Savane's development is dead. The git logs speak about this clearly. The bitrotten webpage with dead links say this too. I'm sorry I didn't contact you, but it didn't look like there was anyone to contact, since (1) the current mailing list sees almost no activity either (2) the webpages are outdated and have broken links (3) the git logs are a ghost town, as is the rest of Savane development. So, if it's dead, please don't scare my potential students away. I use Savannah almost daily, and I think it sucks. I could have fixed it with a little bit of help, but because someone who isn't maintaining the project thinks that it shouldn't be fixed in the way that the current unmaintained web page says it should be maintained. If you aren't maintaining it, step aside and let someone else do it. - Jordi G. H. _______________________________________________ Savane-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/savane-dev ________________________________ This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at [email protected] and delete this email immediately. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the University of Ulster. The University's computer systems may be monitored and communications carried out on them may be recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. The University of Ulster does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of a separate attachment, the text of email is not intended to form a binding contract. Correspondence to and from the University may be subject to requests for disclosure by 3rd parties under relevant legislation. The University of Ulster was founded by Royal Charter in 1984 and is registered with company number RC000726 and VAT registered number GB672390524.The primary contact address for the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland is,Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA _______________________________________________ Savane-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/savane-dev
