[sword-devel] free Windows compiler for SWORD

[Troy A. Griffitts]

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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