Re: development of vsta (was: ttys)

Andy Valencia From: wrote:

> I'm aware that many potential contributors are frustrated because I neither
> actively work on VSTa, nor open it up via, say, SourceForge, to commit
> access for others. The problem is that VSTa was a very important exercise
> in "going it right" for me, and I would rather have it coast to a
> halt--aging, but still clean and consistent--than have it become yet another
> inconsistent mess of code thrown in from many directions.
>
> So while I'm actually open to having somebody else become the gatekeeper, my
> requirements are pretty strict. It has to be somebody who's not only done
> serious kernel work, but done it successfully with results which have been
> widely exercised by a user population. This hypothetical person would also
> need to be able to grok VSTa, study and accept the coding style and
> standards, and consistently follow them while contributing major new
> functionality. I'm an increasingly old fart who comes from a time in the
> industry when the crafting of the best damn code you could manage was both a
> source of pride and an enabler for the success of your business. If I can
> find a person who can carry on in this tradition, it would be well worth my
> time to work with them. If not, well, it'll look good embedded in amber.
>
> Andy

The development around vsta.quackerhead.com is going forward
independently. so far it's mostly Mark Ferrell's improvements to the
kernel. But it's basically a fork of vsta. So do you think it's ok to
still call it vsta or vsta 2.0 or something like that?

/Erik
Received on Mon, 09 Aug 2004 13:00:48 +0200