Re: [ros-dev] Roadmap I'm sticking to

[Aleksey Bragin]

I already said all that half a year ago. Let's move on to actually
making a usable OS.
Otherwise it's gonna be another chapter in the history of ReactOS
called "Endless Debates" about what way is better :-)
WBR,
Aleksey.
On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:27 PM, victor martinez wrote:
>   Hi,
>  Well..I have been here just for a year and a half, and it is pretty
>  obvious that we are not following any "direction" to achieve
>  something in common.We are making progress in our own,sometimes
>  without telling to the others and sometimes introducing regressions
>  1week before a release thanks to a critical rewrite. Or We are
>  disappearing without telling to anyone.
> We==Testers&&Developers&&Translators&&Designers&&TheCommunity.
>  I will use this email to state,mainly, that i want to be part of a
>  team with an objective, so i offer all my testing help (including
>  those parts i hate to test) to achieve a common goal.I offer my
>  Testing time as Real Testing time and not as a Hobbie.
>  Maybe we should try to discuss how to reach that goal,and decide
>  (all of us) which is the best way to have something working. I dont
>  know if the correct approach is called Arwinss,Yarotows,WTF!(Want
>  To Finish!) or whatever.The real approach is the final User. And
>  the final User "demands" a workable OS asap.We are making this as a
>  hobbie, but also trying to give a product to the mass(I hope).
>  We are not acting as a Community,neither me.
>  The time to find a way has arrived imo.It´s quite discouraging
>  finding this mess. Discouraging for testers and Discouraging for
>  Devs. In the latest half year we have lost some Testers because
>  lack of motivation.And it is called "Road to Nowhere". Devs arrives
>  to ReactOS Project and they seem to leave quite easy,why?.
>  I hope this time we can all sit and try to find a real
>  solution,deciding which is the Goal (a Hobbie,an OS?),which is the
>  way(comfortable?difficult?no way?hiring internal devs?hiring
>  external devs?knocking sponsors doors?),and which things are needed
>  to complete it(money?motivation?a Bugzilla Testing Week?a RSOC
>  (ReactOS Summer Of Code)?).
>  Summing up, finding a WHOLE solution to this project called ReactOS.
>  I think it is not just matter of a Roadmap.
>  No having a Roadmap(or Milestones) is just the result, not the root
>  of the problems.
>  Thanks for the 3 minutes.
>  ¡Lucha por tus ídolos o hunde al personajes que quieras! ¡Vota a
>  favor o en contra de los más famosos! ¡Nuevo MSN Populus!
>  _______________________________________________
>  Ros-dev mailing list
>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev