On Sunday 16 March 2008 06:03, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > I am just a bit sad that though there is a lot of talent and > > experience around, development is not seen to be a priority > > anywhere. But we have been at this topic a year or so ago, so I > > just shut up. > > Development is always a matter of time. As you can see, I'm the only > one basically who does some coding. And sadly, I can't afford much > time for groff these days.
If I might add my 2p here: probably the most significant driving force behind the development of free software is a user, identifying a need which he can't easily satisfy with currently available tools; to address this, he gets stuck in to develop the necessary features for himself, then contributes the result to the community. > However, even in case I had plenty of time, I don't see the immediate > usefulness of such a facility. My three-part solution is quite > natural IMHO, and not a bad hack from the user's perspective: You > define the preamble and the postamble, and then you load the image. > Honestly, I really don't understand your complaints. You have to > specify the preamble and postamble anyway, haven't you? Miklos has identified a need; Werner has suggested a technique which should address that need, to the satisfaction of the majority of users. Miklos believes that this represents an opportunity for development of a feature which could better address his need. He alone seems to be calling for such development; I see no reason why anyone, other than he, should expend effort on development of such a feature. This is simply the nature of free or open source software development. Regards, Keith.
