[Compcomm] Forum Decision

[Jeffrey Laramie]

> >> Here is a question for you.
> >>
> >> We only have a finite number of web developers.
> >
> > While this may be true in a universal sense, it's not true in a practical
> > sense. We have a very large community now and there are lots of community
> > members that could be contributing but aren't, or aren't contributing as
> > much as they could be. If we provide a pleasant, supportive environment,
> > we will attract new talent and encourage our existing members to create
> > even more. We don't have to do all the work ourselves. We just need to
> > provide the tools and direction so that those who wish to contribute are
> > able to.
>
> Go ahead - use this virtually unlimited resource for the benefit of
> compcomm, please do not delete the existing compiz site to prove
> a point.

Nobody has ever advocated deleting anything from the compiz site for any 
reason. Please stop fabricating problems that don't exist.

>
> >> Would you prefer that they spent the next 3 months working on..
> >>
> >> a) Creating yet another compiz site (forum, wiki, blog, migrating
> >> threads etc etc)?
> >
> > Using a CMS I can create a site in 15 minutes. We already have a forum
> > and compiz never had blogs. The only thing we need to create is a wiki
> > and with a good CMS we don't even need to do that. As an experienced web
> > developer, you know that it doesn't take one developer 3 months to build
> > a website, much less an entire community with many developers. Making
> > statements like that only reduces your credibility.
>
> It does take time to build a website, it includes design and good
> content.

Yes it takes time, but not 3 months unless you are a truly crappy coder.


> Remember how the code merge was supposed to only take one week?

Who said that?

> How long ago was that estimate posted?  People seem to be living in
> some sort of dream world.

What are you talking about? Please post specifics, or stop posting these open 
ended inflametory statements.

Jeff