> I, as a Trac developer, do not care if the end user sees something > branded "Trac" or something branded "Super-Mega-Enterprise Project > Awesomeness X9". I will just keep working on Trac as I always do.
> If you are looking for glory and fame, FOSS really is > not the right place to do it. Agreed. There can be some positive benefits to individuals from working on FOSS when it comes to future jobs or contracts. But mostly it's just a work of "love". My wholehearted thanks go out to you and the rest of the Trac team for the efforts you put into it. I contributed a lot of time to the programming community in the old days (pre-internet), but drifted away from it as life got hectic. One of my personal goals is to actively head back the other direction again. I'd like to contribute to the Trac project in the future, but the development stack (python with a bit of emphasis on linux/apache) is not an area where I do any other programming so my skills aren't much help here. I am thinking I can help with documentation a bit though. > gets the tools I make into the hands of > developers, my mission has been accomplished. I have no idea what the Trac download stats are, but wouldn't it be more gratifying to have your efforts in the hands of a hundred thousand developers than in the hands of a hundred developers? Browse around on SourceForge and you'll find lots of interesting projects that are dying for lack of an audience. Lack of audience means fewer developers willing to spend time on the project. Fewer developers means a project that's more likely to wilt away. The most successful projects make an effort to brand their "product". Witness things like www.spreadfirefox.com with their affiliate buttons and "Download Day" promotions. I'm not saying Trac should do that kind of marketing, but I don't think it will help Trac to dilute down the presence and awareness they've already earned. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
