[Gimp-web] Re: mmmmaybe is dead

[Carol Spears]

On 2003-04-15 at 1651.48 +0200, Sven Neumann typed this:
> Hi,
> 
> Carol Spears <carol@gimp.org> writes:
> 
> > i cannot get a developer to acknowledge it's existence.  i suggest that
> > we go find different projects.
> > 
> > it was a nice effort in my estimation, but i am the only one that looks
> > at it, i think.  me and my pleasent little team.
> 
> I don't think you can expect anyone but your little web team to look
> at it until it replaces the current web site. You shouldn't let the
> lack of feedback discourage you. We don't even get much feedback on
> GIMP releases although we announce them quite prominently.  AFAIK
> mmmmaybe.gimp.org has never been announced anywhere outside the small
> gimp community (and IMO it shouldn't).  The casual bypassers that
> looked at it seem to like it since they did not complain.
> 
yes, there are security issues.  there should have been a dialog about
security issues.  i don't know how to have this dialog.  

it seems like in the beginning of the 1.3 series, you needed the quiet
to get it at least stable.  but you had tools to take it past that
stage.  you had people that cared and spoke nicely about your work, even
if you were not around.  you had bugzilla to work with.  you had several
avenues to work with.  i have this list.

> IMO the new site looks promising and I'm happy that it is in CVS
> now. Hopefully someone will give it the final touch that is needed
> before it can replace www.gimp.org.
> 
funny, i have seen no public support.  i have only gotten ways to
communicate with people about its usefulness removed from me.

i should check the logs to see how long the ebay topic was left in place
while i wondered why i must type my needs individually to people with no
one helping.

i was counting on the usefulness of the web site to make up for the
problems i have created.  this did not happen.  

to me, this is means that the contents are way too fragile, if one person
can so easily only affect its demise.  or if it takes another "person"
to make it live and work.  these are fragile contents then.  why ever
would you want to keep something so useless?

> BTW, I'm spending some time on the developer.gimp.org website lately
> and its going to look quite similar to mmmaybe.gimp.org since I'm
> confident that this will soon become the new look and feel of
> www.gimp.org.
> 
well, drc made the design.  you should grab him.  i hope the contents of
your site get a better reception than the contents of mine.

but i am still curious as to what the new person will do that i haven't
done that will make it work.

carol