goran.krampe at bluefish.se wrote:

1)
> - Most of us aren't working full time on this. Or rather almost noone
> is. This means NOONE owes NOTHING to ANYONE. Ok?

2)
> - Development follows a simple rule: If there is a Squeaker interested
> in something it gets worked at. Period. No, I said PERIOD.

3)
> - And what happens when package X isn't being maintained properly and
> someone is sad about it?
> 
> Answer: It bloody rots. But *so what*? If noone is prepared to maintain
> it then obviously noone cares. Let it rot I say! Bah! :)
> 

just one thought:

it could be that because of 1) and 2), all packages can not be updated 
frequently enough for 3) to be true. it may be that people care but 
cannot follow the rate of changes. if a lot of people work at the same 
time, although they work slowly the overall system moves very fast (just 
consider the traffic on this list)...and because people work slowly 
things get broken along the way and eventually the system may fall in 
pieces.

so the picture is not so nice I think. we may have a real problem here 
if there is not some sort of centralized direction for Squeak 
development, or at least common goals and strong guidelines. just having 
fun may not be enough.


Stef