Re: Open source Euphoria...
Despite my deep appreciation for many open source projects I
always liked Euphoria with Rob as a benevolent monarch.
A few weeks ago, in a private message, I remarked to Rob
how successful the transition to OpenEuphoria had been.
Almost immediately bug reports began to surface. Now
I have learned that bugs are a part of program development,
but what I now realize that Rob is no longer
going to be responsible for fixing these bugs.
Yesterday, I followed the link provided by Juergen to the
Euphoria bug list on SourceForge. It was small, but
immediately I got a very queasy feeling. Several of the
bugs listed where submitted by "nobody" and assigned to
"nobody".
I don't think we can have Falstaff and have him thin.
I'm no expert on Open Source software development, but
I am of the opinion based upon what I have observed that
it can be quite a chaotic process, fraught with its own
particular perils. It was not so long ago that the
development of new Linux features was put on hold because
the number of outstanding bugs had grown so large.
I think its time to have a Forum or a separate development
mailing list. Not everyone can stand the heat of the
open source development kitchen.
I really don't want to see a fly in my soup though! 
Ken Rhodes
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