[TYPO3-dev] Typo3 Icon Contribution

[Michael Scharkow]

Elmar Hinz wrote:

> please don't forget that the normal user can't access the core list. On the
> newsserver it is still WRITE AND READ protected. It is NOT advertised at
> all. I have never seen a single posting of it nor could I write to it. It
> is open source but closed development. ;-) Do you wonder why few people
> join core development or ask for coordination?

Hi Elmar,

I understand that there's the feeling of secrecy around TYPO3 
development, but we're really trying hard to open up development. We 
(the core team) talked about that in Dietikon, and there were lots of 
presentations on how core development works and how to participate. So 
we are aware of the problem and actively working on solutions that don't 
compromise quality and social cohesion as a team.

But even now development is not as hermetically closed as you suggest:

1. http://lists.netfielders.de/pipermail/typo3-team-core/

You can read every single mail (and find out it's mostly boring SVN 
requests because there is no discussion in -core) there. Michael Stucki 
is also working on bringing -core to our usenet, but there have been 
issues with authentication in INN which hopefully Sven Wilhelm has 
solved. I expect a solution rather sooner than later.

2. SVN is completely open to read for everybody, as is the bug tracker.
3. You can always proxy requests through any core dev you might think is 
responsible or interested. And discussions happen on -dev anyway.

Greetings,
Michael