In message <1253180442.5804.281.ca...@duiker>
John-Mark Bell <j...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 00:15 +0100, Steve Fryatt wrote:
>
> > I think the main problem here is that the majority seem happy to sit back,
> > wring their hands and state how terrible this all is -- then wait for
> > someone
> > else to step forward to take on the work (or even demand that someone else
> > does). As such, it seems to have been the usual suspects who have offered
> > to
> > help: those already doing other things. Certainly if I picked up NetSurf
> > now,
> > something else would have to give, which in all probability would just move
> > the complaints from this list to another RISC OS forum a month or so down
> > the
> > line.
>
> Quite. This has been RISC OS' elephant in the room for the last 5 years
> or so -- there simply aren't enough active developers to do all the
> things that need to be done. I don't have a solution to this problem,
> but do think it's about time people acknowledged that it exists and
> review their expectations in that light.
>
> Returning to NetSurf, we really do appreciate the offers of help that
> we've received so far and fully understand that real life gets in the
> way :)
May I ask what proportion of bug reports come from the users of different
platforms, particularly RISC OS as that's the main one I use? And, sailing a
little closer to the wind, what proportion of useful bug reports?
I'd love to help, but I'd have to learn C programming properly first. I can
do Hello World, with help, but beyond that is uncharted territory ATM...
--
Simon Smith | A golden bird stands on a silver snake lying
| in a pool of water. The snake drinks the
| water, and the bird eats the snake. When
| the water is gone, the bird dies.
