On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:38 PM, andres <andres@lifia.info.unlp.edu.ar> wrote:
If you had actually considered what has been written in this thread, then you'll realize that throwing a bunch of items in an e-mail has nothing to do with feature requests. I find quite contradictory that one of your main arguments is about not having enough contributors and yet take that attitude instead of getting something positive out of the initiative. But I guess I must be wrong, that surely works, It's just me that doesn't understand how.
As a complete smalltalk n00b, I just don't have a dog in this "fight." Here's the summary of what I've seen in this thread (my apologies for the missing accents, like most Americans, I'm an asshole): Andres: Wouldn't it be great if we let the community contribute and request features?! Stephane: Been there, tried that. Doesn't work. Andres: But let's try it again! Stephane: Fine. Here's my wish-list. Any suggestions about how to pay for it? Andres: Quit being a jerk. Looking in from the outside, I can see that both of you are correct. This is open source's biggest strength and its greatest weakness. Get involved. Do something that makes life better for everyone else. Quit expecting someone else to solve your problems for you. Put together a project on github, or sourceforge, or assembla, or wherever. Get people who love a project and want to contribute. Or just provide contributions yourself. Quit talking, quit planning, and actually *do* something. Odds are, the people who are already involved in the project know what needs to be done...they're just busy with things like Real Life and don't have time.
Andrés
And, yes. This was really directed more toward me than anyone else. -- James