On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se wrote:
ron minnich wrote:
I disagree. I do think it means that the project isn't fitting its contributors so well. Note that I am explicitly not saying and not thinking that it is a failure of any contributor.
If you have some idea, then propose it. Best to propose something then just say "this is wrong".
If the project could change to work somehow differently and that would help contributors then I think that's something we should consider identifying and doing.
who is the "we" here? Who identifies, and what do they do? And how do you manage the fact that companies may do development that for a number of reasons can not be released immediately?
It's a natural consequence of the fact that companies can't always immediately push all their work upstream.
What's the difference from Linux kernel development again?
Nothing. Most companies I know of that use Linux, and contribute to upstream, deal with the issue of upstream vs. what is done in the company and the time delay involved. They have the same time delta issue with their internal patches vs. upstream. So we're not different.
ron