[Typo3-dev] The Right Crew

[Robert Lemke]

Hi Kasper,

Kasper Skårhøj wrote:

> While the T3 Association is a guarantee that _something_ will happen in
> terms of core development it should never stop volunteer work and its a
> pity that this list (Dev-list) has been discussing core features and
> architecture for years without devicing how it intends to put it into
> action. Success is no suit and certainly not talk. Where are the people
> with the hats on? Are they only around then it is fun and downhill? With
> no results in terms of release-worthy code we could just as well rename
> the list /dev/null.
> 
> So can I expect that all the people eagerly discussion the future
> architecture of TYPO3 are also willing to stick around for all the years
> it will take to implement it, maintain it, document it, build supporting
> frameworks for it (like typo3.org), bugfix it, educate people about it? Or
> is the sad truth that we cannot rely on volunteers for this and have to
> spend Association money on every line of code in a redesigned system?

Remember: Most of the work we are doing in the Association is voluntary work
too. If we would have been keen on earning money, we wouldn't have founded
the Association.

I also wished that we had more people with hats on, especially in the
DocTeam that seems to be impossible. Look at the KDE project - I'd love to
have documentation team like them. 

The point is not that there are not people working in our DocTeam, but
there's noone who really takes care of the organisation in the long run. A
pity.

But still, I'm not that pessimistic like you at the moment. We just don't
have enough self-iginiting-fireworks at the moment. Let's wait for New
Years Eve.

robert

-- 
Robert Lemke
TYPO3 Association - Research & Development
Member of the board
http://association.typo3.org