NormandC wrote: ↑Sun Jan 06, 2019 9:01 am
You'll get credibility with actual coding and pull requests.
Umm, we have been down this path before and my response is still the same. I am not interested in coding and pull request to fix someone else's programming code. Ask any good programmer and they will assure you that fixing other's poor code is a certain recipe for disaster.
For me, a re-write would be the only option and I do not have the time, skill nor inclination for that. I am very impressed with the coding of the good parts of FC but it is well outside of my area of coding expertise. So, pull-requests from me will have to remain in the shadow of "cheap talk" then.
I'll give you this, I really miss Jürgen Riegel, the project's founder - he disappeared a few years back. He had the moral authority to assume the leadership position and resolve development issues.
In my early days of programming I was a regular contributor to many projects including the Netscape Navigator browser (the what? {grin}) but I quickly fell foul of the consensus notion for "good" software. Direction decisions were being made by the loudest participant and eventually wore people down where they conceded just for a quiet life, or even chased them off. Invariably a lot of great programming skills were lost as good programmmers left the fold. I suspect that might be what happened with Mr. Riegel.
I am reminded of a wise old phrase, "A camel is a horse designed by a committee." A camel is a very useful animal for travelling long distances at a slow and steady pace, but if you are designing a racehorse, ending up with a fast camel is not a good solution.
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