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Developers / Re: All Developers, please read.
« on: August 31, 2007, 04:49:34 am »
Zaerc,
That's not at all what I was saying. For example, today, I got word from the DVD replicator that was supposed to be delivering the LinuxMCE mastered DVD's today (there are already almost 1,000 orders) that there's a problem with the dual layer dvd-9's layer 0 & 1 overlapping and they need the .iso split and all sorts of stuff like that which was all totally new to me, and I ended up blowing off a very important meeting because I had to spend the whole day buying new, high-end dvd-DL's, a new type of dvd burner, installing/fighting tons of software issues, etc., to fedex off a new master by 5pm since so many people are waiting. And when the discs come in on Monday, I'm going to have address & mail 1,000 dvd's. This in addition to fixing lots of mantis's (note how many I'm working on at any given time), etc. And so on. I'm still working on LinuxMCE all the time constantly, including every single weekend. I didn't put this much effort into this for the past 9 months to 'abandon' it.
What I was saying is that I'm at 100% capacity right now, and I keep getting pressured that I need to be doing more (like writing docs, organizing development efforts, etc.), but I can only do so much and that's why things are moving so slowly. Therefore, for the best interest of the project, there should be a team / community that works together. And I will continue to devote 100% to it like I have since last year.
I get lots of emails each day related to LinuxMCE. Many are asking for new features and making business offers and stuff like that, and I just don't have the time to read let alone respond to all of them, and if there are emails from developers offering to help or submit bug fixes (which is badly needed), I may miss them.
That's why I think that there should be a 'community coordinator', who doesn't really need to be a coder and understand coding, but just someone who's organized and can take the lead in handling the incoming requests and filtering out what's important and what's not. I'm not trying to 'abandon' LinuxMCE, just ask for help since this I realize that I can't keep up with everything.
That's not at all what I was saying. For example, today, I got word from the DVD replicator that was supposed to be delivering the LinuxMCE mastered DVD's today (there are already almost 1,000 orders) that there's a problem with the dual layer dvd-9's layer 0 & 1 overlapping and they need the .iso split and all sorts of stuff like that which was all totally new to me, and I ended up blowing off a very important meeting because I had to spend the whole day buying new, high-end dvd-DL's, a new type of dvd burner, installing/fighting tons of software issues, etc., to fedex off a new master by 5pm since so many people are waiting. And when the discs come in on Monday, I'm going to have address & mail 1,000 dvd's. This in addition to fixing lots of mantis's (note how many I'm working on at any given time), etc. And so on. I'm still working on LinuxMCE all the time constantly, including every single weekend. I didn't put this much effort into this for the past 9 months to 'abandon' it.
What I was saying is that I'm at 100% capacity right now, and I keep getting pressured that I need to be doing more (like writing docs, organizing development efforts, etc.), but I can only do so much and that's why things are moving so slowly. Therefore, for the best interest of the project, there should be a team / community that works together. And I will continue to devote 100% to it like I have since last year.
I get lots of emails each day related to LinuxMCE. Many are asking for new features and making business offers and stuff like that, and I just don't have the time to read let alone respond to all of them, and if there are emails from developers offering to help or submit bug fixes (which is badly needed), I may miss them.
That's why I think that there should be a 'community coordinator', who doesn't really need to be a coder and understand coding, but just someone who's organized and can take the lead in handling the incoming requests and filtering out what's important and what's not. I'm not trying to 'abandon' LinuxMCE, just ask for help since this I realize that I can't keep up with everything.