Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 10584 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2002 12:40:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 30 Jan 2002 12:40:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 29441 invoked by uid 97); 30 Jan 2002 12:40:23 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 29422 invoked by uid 97); 30 Jan 2002 12:40:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 29411 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2002 12:40:22 -0000 X-Authentication-Warning: bodewig.bost.de: bodewig set sender to bodewig@apache.org using -f To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Re: What am I doing wrong? References: From: Stefan Bodewig Date: 30 Jan 2002 13:28:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Lines: 47 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Civil Service) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, David Leuschner wrote: > Bugs don't get fixed and new features are not added as fast as they > could. I agree, > Ant could be much better if there only were more developers, right? I disagree to a certain degree. During the past two months we've added three new committers (welcome Adam) and we are bulking up. Everybody who shows a strong commitment to Ant over time can become a committer. It just takes more than the average effort, that's all 8-). > they do it and have to patch ant each time there is a new release > because their patches are just ignored or are put on endless todo > lists. Get on our nerves, prove that we a certain feature is lacking since many releases and that we are simply neglecting the patch, tell us every week ... > I'm just a daily ant user worrying that fixes and improvements are > getting lost because nobody commits them. I'm not as worried as you, before we made new releases in the past, bug fixes that have been sent via bugzilla have been applied - and this is what a bug tracking system is all about. When it comes to new features, you need to convince us that a feature is great before we add it. New tasks are only accepted with some reluctance, especially tasks that no single committer can test him/herself, because we end up maintaining them even after the original author has abandoned it (which happens). > Just my two cents (hey, I'm talking about Euro-cents ;-) But haven't our Pfennige looked so much better? Steve, I live close enough to the Dutch/German border that I could take your guilds, but they don't accept it in shops any longer (stopped doing so this Monday IIRC). German Marks will expire by the end of February. Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: