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Doc O'Leary |
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Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but it did help things... |
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Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:52:22 -0500 |
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In article <mailman.1962.1379003464.10748.discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>,
Doug Simons <doug.simons@testplant.com> wrote:
> On Sep 12, 2013, at 4:03 AM, David Chisnall wrote:
>
> > We could almost certainly provide them with an automated tool that they can
> > run on their codebase that would give them a pretty clear idea of the OS X
> > APIs that they use. Actually, providing such a tool with the ability to
> > produce a report against the current version of GNUstep showing what is
> > missing would be very helpful for a lot of projects.
>
> If such a tool could be produced, I think it would be a tremendous asset for
> GNUstep. I suspect there are plenty of developers of applications for OS X
> who would be interested in porting to GNUstep but are put off by the daunting
> task involved in making the effort, especially knowing that there are almost
> certainly some things missing but not knowing how extensive those gaps might
> be.
I disagree. What you want to do is engage developers as much as
possible with as little effort as possible. Don't give them a tool that
has them holding GNUstep at arms length like a stinky diaper. Instead,
you have to make the porting effort less daunting from the get-go. Or,
rather, make the effort in line with the reward. Like Graham said, many
developers won't be bothered with even zero effort mainly, I think,
because they expect zero reward.
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- Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but it did help things..., Graham Lee, 2013/09/12
- Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but it did help things..., Riccardo Mottola, 2013/09/12
- Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but it did help things..., Robert Slover, 2013/09/12
- Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but it did help things..., Doug Simons, 2013/09/12
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