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Making mistakes, and slighting contributors because I'm too busy with The worst part about it is knowing that I am I'd like to say that we resolveĭisagreements via the developer discussion list, but in practice, I amĪcting like a dictator.
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What all this adds up to, is lots of rejected contributions, a few badįeelings, and even code forks. For significant projects, it makes a bigĭifference if developer is willing to take some responsibility for
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The scope and functionality of a change and decide how to fit it into theĮxisting structure of NEdit. It usually takes many exchanges to define For larger projects, whereĪ developer comes to me with an idea and a willingness to implement it, Target audience who will use it as an add-on. Is relying on existing APIs, documentation, and program structure, andĮither blindly hoping that we'll integrate the change, or aiming for a The majority of contributions to nedit are unsolicited. Work required exceeds the perceived benefit. IĬan only guess that there is a critical threshold where the quantity of Highlight patterns only require understanding of regular expressions. Write, and require you to know the NEdit macro language, whereas That a similar API for language sensitive indent has been so much less There's probably something to be learned from the fact Between the built-in patterns and the onesĪvailable on the web site, NEdit has highlighting patterns for more than Good APIs have indeed played an important role in coordinating andĪdvancing NEdit's development. Whereas, putting something on the wish list seems People appear out of nowhere and volunteer to work on things that you'd What is most peculiar and unnervingĪbout it, is that you can't actively recruit someone for a given task. Process very different from what you would find in industry.
What happened to the // or /* */Įveryone working on NEdit is a volunteer, and that makes the development Project? How do you resolve disagreements over the features andįunctionality of the project? PS. Use those APIs? Do you put one person in charge of each segment of the Modules to interact with, and then ask people to work on modules that Wondering how you go about coordinating the development and testing ofĬode on an open source project. I've been a big fan of the programįor years, and it's always one of the first things that I install. Great stuff!įirst, thanks for producing Nedit. If you ever expect to lead an Open Source project (or a closed source one, for that matter), you need to read this from start to finish, possibly even print out a copy and read it over and over.
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Okay, here (as a refreshing break from all the political stuff) is what amounts to one of the most lucid primers on software development management I've ever seen, contained in NEdit leader Mark Edel's answers to your questions.
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