[hylafax-devel] Re: Pep talk

[Jay R. Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>]

On Monday, July 31, 2000, at 9:11:07 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> Just apply the rest of Dmitry's patches and release - i can do this to CVS
> but i don't have time to test them beyond compiling, meaning possibly the 
> CVS code could be broken.

If someone will make an SRPM of that, I can test on abotu 3 Linux
platforms, going back to 5.1/2.0.36.

>>Should I ask the -users readership to hammer on the current CVS and report
>>their findings? How can we attract more developers into the community?

> Attracting developers is hard especially to mature software(ie ugly 
> software that somehow implements most of the functionality ;-).  As a 
> personal thing i think hylafax could be made easier to use, much easier to 
> use - that hopefully would increase the number of people who can run the 
> software which in turn attracts developers.

Quite so.  See above.  Way above.  :-)

> Could if i had the time....i can add Dmitrys patches to the cvs if someone
> else is willing to test them....then package up the result as beta3.

"If I had the time"  Here's a thought.  Which site is it that allows
users to bid cash on new features?  That might make the coders
involved happier...

>>How about updates to the WWW site to encourage people to try
>>the beta, or even better the CVS (or cut a new beta). Perhaps I should
>>rearrange the FTP site to make the 4.1 release more obvious?

> Again as a personal thing i would like if you would rearrange the ftpsite - 
> i prefer if the 4.1 versions are the same directory as the 4.0 counterparts 
> ie 4.1beta2 source is in the same directory as 4.0pl2 source, 4.1beta2 
> rpm's in the same directory as 4.0pl2 rpms.

Hmmm... do you mind if I ask why, Robert?  Functionally, the only
thing that makes the respective releases similar is their release
numbers... and 4.0pl2 is 4.0 + 2, while 4.1beta2 is 4.1 - 2...

Cheers,
-- jra
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