I am begging a pardon for some off-topics and cross-posting too,
but it seems to me this discussion is essential for ROOT (to
survivev) as well.
Valery
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From: cgf@bbc.com (Christopher Faylor)
Subject: Re: Linux "bazaar" model (Re: Beta-19 and configurations....)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 13:50:24 GMT
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
In article <34E33E23.A2C74D59@gadzoox.com>,
Daniel P. Kionka <dkionka@gadzoox.com> wrote:
>The issue of why Linux has been successful was the topic of our last
>Linux meeting. (http://www.svlug.org/) Eric Raymond talked about his
>paper, "The Cathedral and the Bazaar".
>(http://earthspace.net/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/)
>
>The main difference is that Linus takes in all the fixes and constantly
>makes releases. The users are happy to get bugs fixed, and the
>developers feel appreciated. (There are stable releases, too.) The way
>we are waiting so long for Beta-19 and the lack of response to
>contributors shows that we are using the cathedral approach instead.
You may be right as to the model being used, but I have seen very very
few contributors here. In fact more than a few postings contain words
to the effect of "I haven't looked at the sources, but it seems to
me..." When I see those words I usually move on to the next article.
The feeling that "no one pays any attention to my posts" is not
uncommon on both the linux developer list and on the perl porters
list. I am asserting that if more people actually took the time to
look at the sources and either 1) post patches or 2) make *informed*
comments based on the sources, then cygwin would be better off. --
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