Joel,
Public comment deserves public response:Over the 2 months that you worked on your extensions to the Search code, we had numerous emails / chat sessions about what I would not accept in the engine, namely: 1) adding 2 megs of source code of someone elses project just to parse logic syntax; 2) changing the API interface to expose a new 'search' object.
I appreciate the work, and when I get around to changing these 2 major issues, I still plan to integrate your code into the engine, BUT it was a constant fight with you the entire time of development. I explained in detail how I felt on these issues and you still chose to submit your code in this format. You also repeatedly ignored my suggestions regarding implementation of other things (including keeping the code in the same theme as the existing Search code, so Range searching will work in the future). If you want your code integrated into a project, I feel you might need to respect the requests of the maintainer, or expect to wait until the maintainer has the time to do what you would not do, before the code is added to the project. I just haven't had time to do this. You've known this entire time what issues I have with your code, and you have a right to disagree with my opinions, but don't expect me to integrate it in this form into a project for which I hold responsibily.
Your time and work are still appreciate,
-Troy.
Joel Mawhorter wrote:
On July 16, 2003 17:39, Chris Little wrote:
Seriously, the single greatest problem with Sword is probably the inordinate ratio of people crying for new features to the number people they expect to implement them.
This is easy to say. However, until new developers are able to be integrated into the development process without an unreasonable amount of effort, this will remain exactly as it is. If my experience trying to improve the searching in Sword is representative of what other prospective developers have had to go through then it is no surprise to me that the Sword development team is small. Of course it is perfectly within the rights of the maintainers of a project to keep the development team small. However, if you do, recognize that a large ratio of people requesting features to people contributing code is probably a consequence of that decision.
Joel
--Chris
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