Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 23:12:04 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <441smjp44l5o2ja4c1vlsv32oh2j6m9n4j@4ax.com> <3co24lx2vn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1557492"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63518 comp.os.linux.advocacy:682127 On Wed, 1 Jan 2025, TJ wrote: > On 2024-12-30 07:18, D wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, TJ wrote: >> >>> On 2024-12-28 06:12, D wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2024-12-27 18:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:57:55 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, I appreciate that I can get gratis a piece of software that is >>>>>>> that good. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you think Free Software could be better, and you would rather not >>>>>> give >>>>>> money to a proprietary company, why not contribute some of that money >>>>>> to >>>>>> the development of the Free Software and help make it better? >>>>> >>>>> Especially since projects like KDE and LibreOffice really need it. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Note that money is not the only way to contribute. Even by using the >>>> software you contribute, by making others aware of it, you contribute. I >>>> actually like projects that are not super wealthy. The linux foundation >>>> and firefox are excellent examples of how power corrupts. Would never >>>> dream of contributing with money to those two. >>> >>> Indeed. My discretionary funds are very limited, so I can not afford to >>> contribute with money. But Mageia, as my distro of choice, is >>> community-based, meaning it is maintained by volunteers who contribute >>> their free time to make it as good as we can. >>> >>> I have no coding skills to speak of, so development isn't my forte. But, >>> as the current Leader of the Mageia Quality Assurance (QA) Team, I >>> contribute in other, equally valuable ways. >>> >>> We are the layer between the developers and the public, tasked with >>> testing updates before they are released to be as sure as possible that >>> they won't break Mageia systems. Developers are only human, and sometimes >>> mistakes creep in - a missing dependency, or maybe the package won't work >>> on hardware the developer doesn't have. Our job is to catch that stuff. >>> >>> We also test the install ISOs before they are released. >>> >>> We are always looking for new members, and users of all skill levels are >>> welcome. One of the great things about Mageia is that the opinions of new >>> contributors are received with as much respect as those of our "old >>> hands." >>> >>> But those aren't the only ways to contribute. If something in Mageia >>> doesn't work for you, please file a bug report. We also need translators, >>> documentation writers, bug triaging, website designers, the list goes on. >>> >>> https://www.mageia.org/en/contribute/ is a good place to start if you wish >>> to contribute to our project. >>> >>> TJ >>> >> >> How are you trending with volunteers over time? Is it growing? > > I wish I could say it is, but that wouldn't be quite true. Several major > contributors left us in 2023, for various reasons. Some were health related, > some were because Real Life situations had changed, some were because things > weren't progressing as fast as they would have liked. > > Those sorts of things can happen with any community-supported organization, > and it just so happened that several issues came together at roughly the same > time. However, others have stepped up, and our situation is better now. > > But the need for contributors of all kinds goes on, as it has since we > started. I doubt that will ever change. > > TJ Sorry to hear that, but good to hear that things are at least moving in the right direction. I was curious if it was because of the woke mind virus, but happy to hear that there were other reasons. =)