Hi Massimo, I fully agree, everything is very well said IMHO.
Only one small addition - most of the MVC users have never even heard about most of the features (not to mention the rich set that WEB2PY offers). Do you think that a website for WEB2PY like jobs.perl.org and jobs.rubynow.com would help (probably some sample works should be shown there also)? Regards, Vidul On Jul 17, 5:49 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > Pareto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle) once said that > 80% of effects come from 20% of causes. For software we can re-phrase > as 80% of users use only 20% of features. > > These are not at all a scientific statements but you understand what > they mean. > > We can add more and more features to web2py with the effect that: > - web2py grows in complexity to the point that it becomes harder to > maintain > - web2py gets slower > - I spend all my time reviewing patches instead of improving > documentation > - You spend all your time thinking how to improve web2py instead of > building applications with it > - Many of these improvement will not buy us a significant number of > users. > > I am not trying to discourage people from submitting patches and I > very very much appreciate people who have done so. Most if not all the > patches that I have received were good and needed. I am sure I will > continue to receive excellent patches. > > Yet, when discussing the roadmap it has to be clear that the point > should not be adding new features. The goal should be locking existing > features: make sure they are well documented, make sure there are no > problems, make sure everything has tests. > > We also need a plugin system but that is not a new web2py feature. > That is a set of specifications and naming conventions for writing > models/views/controllers. It is possible that we may have to modify > admin as result of these specs (in order to apply/remove plugins). > > Finally, this community has to do a better job at outreach. You should > talk to your friends and blog about web2py. You must talk about the > applications you build with it. We do not lack developers. We lack > salesmen. This is not because we want to have more user but because > more users means web2py is tested more, there will be more web2py > jobs, and you (as early adopters) will have a better chance to sell > your web2py based solutions. > > Massimo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
