[TYPO3-ect] Status of the party extension?

[Mario Matzulla]

Hi David,

I can fully understand your position :(

But I think many companies are waiting for this extension. Maybe they 
can do some fund raising to pay a fulltime developer?

I'll talk to Jeff, maybe the WEC could start this :)

Regards,
Mario

David Bruehlmeier schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
> just got back from vacation.
> 
> The development of the Party Information Framework has come to a halt 
> for the past few months due to personal reasons: I simply have too much 
> on my agenda. Beside my full-time job, which is not related to TYPO3 and 
> usually requires well beyond 100%, I'm in the last year of a master 
> study, I'm the webmaster of our church, and I'm even trying to have a 
> private life. My engagement for TYPO3 must fit in there somewhere 
> between. Sometimes that works fine, recently it hasn't.
> 
> When I started the Party Information Framework, I have clearly stated 
> that I want this to be a team effort. Why? Because I knew that I won't 
> be able to sustain it myself. Still it seems that as of today, I'm the 
> only active contributor. There have been a lot of interested people and 
> also some feedback which I'm thankful for. But other than that, I feel 
> I'm still a one-man-show.
> 
> This leaves me with a tough decision. I'm not able to continue like 
> that. IMO, there are some options:
> 
> 1. Drop it all together. The current situation with party related issues 
> seems not perfect, but there are working solutions. So why bother?
> 
> 2. Reduce the project to become a 5.0 initiative only. That would take 
> some weight off my shoulders since I could concentrate on implementing 
> the model without having to bother with view issues, be it in the 
> backend or the frontend. Still, the problem remains that I will have 
> very little time to spend on this. I need at least one committed 
> co-developer.
> 
> 3. Continue both, development for 4.x and 5.0. This scenario takes at 
> least two committed developers. I would either drop out completely or 
> reduce my engagement to coordination and modeling.
> 
> Before I make my decision, I would like to ask you for your opinion. And 
> if you suggest option 2 or 3: Who is willing and has enough time to 
> become a committed developer?
> 
> Regards,
> Dave