On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 11:23 PM, grafxuser wrote: > I'm software developer, too, and would support GIMP when I have more time. > Reading various postings I'm convinced I'm not the only one with this > approach. For outsiders the decision to contribute would be easier, if they > knew the project is still alive and their contribution would improve > something. The outsiders can read regular news at gimp.org or our very active Google+ page. If the outsiders choose not to do that, I fail to see how else I can get the message through. It's not as if I should be knocking on every door asking "Any potential GIMP contributors inside"? This is really, really simple :) > I heard, some developers packed it all in, because they didn't > see their patches become integrated. If one is under the impression, that a > project is more an unsystematic tinkering and his contribution doesn't > actuate or advance something, it will be pointless for him to get involved. There are different reasons for a patch to not be integrated. Not all of that has something to do with "unsystematic tinkering". > If you'd publish the progress and the successes in GIMP development at the > gimp.org front page more often and outsiders see the project running in > ordered circumstances, your problem with missing developers could be solved > or at least alleviated. More often than...? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
