This is incorrect. You should look at the "thanks" in the commit log. I am not happy with Ranking contributors but
Jonathan L., Thadeus B., Mariano R., Alvaro J., Iceberg to name a few. They know web2py as well as I do (and some parts better). Massimo On Dec 28, 12:03 pm, VP <vtp2...@gmail.com> wrote: > For what it's worth, here's my 2 cents: > > I think the concern that web2py is a one-man framework and how the > makes enterprises (big guys) adopt web2py is a valid concern. > Although in theory, people can simply fork web2py when Massimo no > longer commits to the project, for whichever reason, from a > bystander's point of view, it doesn't seem that easy. I am not > talking about a legal perspective, I am talking about the meat of the > matter. When I look at web2py's project on Google, there are a dozen > developers. And most of the fixes are done by Massimo. And I maybe > wrong, but I don't think web2py has a #2 guy yet (in terms of intimate > technical know-how or time commitment). So the question: who can > take over web2py, if Massimo no longer commits to it for whatever > reason? It is not clear. So I think this concern is legit. > > At the same time, I think forming legal entities might not effectively > address this concern. It might even hurt it with much legal and > administrative overhead. Drupal did not form any legal entity until > it was really established with hundreds of developers and thousands > modules. > > I think the real concern is that we need #2, #3, etc. guys, who know > web2py as much as Massimo. I don't have an answer to this, but I > think one way has to do with documentation, or rather a platform that > assists developers to really understand the inner workings of web2py > to make it really natural for them contribute when something goes > wrong. > > Drawing a lesson from Drupal, it has a beatiful API documentation > system, a beautiful bug reporting mechanism. And it is a magnitude > more complex than web2py. > > In summary, I think one way to address this concern is establish a > platform so that it really helps developers learn about the inner > workings of web2py, fix and report bugs, etc.
