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[Sindai]

quote:Originally posted by Geofferic:
<STRONG>And are you all happily donating away whilst not playing the game?

I don't quite understand why this is repeatedly framed as a gamer patience issue - it's a feeding Tarn issue.</STRONG>

Actually I'm neither playing nor donating, but as long as enough people are doing both to keep Toady happy I must acknowledge that my particular lack of donation has little effect on how he decides to develop.

My point was that while it would be better for me if Toady fixed all the problems I care about next release, he has no compelling reason to do so.

quote:Originally posted by Geofferic:
<STRONG>The lack of an API or Tarn focusing on the interface will become a problem.

The italicized part went unsaid because Tarn has made it clear that he doesn't want to focus on the interface.</STRONG>

This isn't true at all. He mentioned in an interview that he just wants to do a ton of work on the interface all at once, which is why it's an arc.

He's also mentioned more than once that he'll probably get to it after the army arc, because he expects that improving the interface will go a long way towards increasing donations, and I agree (and so do you I think.)

[I3erent]

Porn is what Is best to satisfy long waits between releases.

[Mikademus]

quote:Originally posted by mickel:
<STRONG>

It would also turn into a complete mess as a number of people independently introduced new bugs as well.    :p</STRONG>

That is not how open-course works. You submit patches that the project manager accepts and integrated into the project or rejects. Messes are because of poor management, not because of communal efforts. And you'd be suprised with how much messier commerical applications and projects are.