On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Ted Gould wrote:
Ted, any examples?
Of features?
Nope, of social issues.
Heh.
I guess my primary concern would be a sense of belonging and part of the community. If you were to work on a branch of on your own for a year or more, how do you know it's going to get merged? How do you know anyone cares about it? What excites you to continue your work?
The way I see it, it's a two-way issue.
Nothing prevents the developer from posting on the list to introduce shimself :) and telling about the work in progress.
Likewise, nothing prevents someone like me from doing something like what you suggested below:
I think that partially this can be filled by, most simply, by documenting the branches. Perhaps a "Monthly Branch Report" or some such. An official tumblr feed of screenshots? I don't know exactly. What are the kids using these days ;-)
I'll think about it.
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Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org