[Wesnoth-dev] Wesnoth development ping

[David White]

A while ago some developers expressed concern about the post-1.0 
development of Wesnoth. Specifically it was complained that there was a 
lack of direction (which I think was true). There were some proposals to 
somewhat 'formalize' development processes, but these proposals never 
materialized in anything.

I think formalizing development processes is liable to kill a project if 
it's not done well, so I'm somewhat happy that the proposals (even mine) 
never really went anywhere. Rather, we seem to have evolved, or be 
evolving, to a new, somewhat more de-centralized development method that 
doesn't require me to spend alot of time on the project. In particular, 
the capacity of the development team to release a nice 1.1 has impressed 
me that Wesnoth is now a mature project that doesn't rely on a single 
individual to survive.

There is a question I have for developers though: are we now happy with 
where the project is going? Do we still need more direction? Are the 
concerns of a couple of months ago still alive, or have they been 
qualmed since then? If some people still aren't happy, what changes 
should be made?

David