Encouraging external contributors (was Re: AW: [lepido-dev] Re: [Contrib

[Ross Gardler <rgardler@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jens Maukisch wrote:

> But please remember what you've posted on the newsgroup some days ago:
> "So unless external contributors or sponsors jump in to help us moving 
> forward, Lepido's growth will be slow."

Another observation on this topic.

Activity in CVS and list is one way to encourage us (external 
contributors) to participate, it helps us spot ways to assist.

I'm not saying that there is not enough work done around here (this is 
Open Source, we'll all contribute as time allows), nor am I saying you 
should commit the debugger code (I've not looked at it yet, so no opinion).

What I am saying is that a committer should look at the one and only 
patch that has been put in the issue tracker and either reject/comment 
on it or apply it. [1]

It may not do much but it is an added feature and it would show some 
activity in the project, which may help encourage others (notice I am 
posting to the list because of the current discussion ;-)

Please remember, I'm not complaining, only taking the opportunity to 
highlight the patch again in case it is forgotten.

Ross

[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=106496