Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool4.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1939871.RaeeTR0u9f@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:08:46 +0200 User-Agent: KNode/4.10.5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. <525efa8b$0$9524$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <1c4c66c2-fbaa-4c79-b151-c2ea527f7fad@googlegroups.com> <2867163.tXP2vnJDLC@PointedEars.de> <8df6e7b0-7eaf-4c74-9d53-eca08e821867@googlegroups.com> <1950590.pCXgFyDL17@PointedEars.de> <279c7c4e-3b6d-4ac3-87b3-c176423aad92@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 42 NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Oct 2013 10:08:51 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 13d9617a.newsspool2.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=m05KY07\5BcPXlQ;h]GTMdA9EHlD;3Ycb4Fo<]lROoRa8kF Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> AISB, I would be very glad if I had gotten as many suggestions for the >> FAQ for comp.lang.javascript as I got for the ES Matrix. As you can see >> in the changelog, other people have submitted suggestions which were >> implemented. Maybe something was/is wrong with your suggestions. >> >> This may surprise you, but maintaining the ES Matrix is not what I do for >> a living. Neither is maintaining the FAQ for comp.lang.javascript. >> Those are pet projects I do in my limited free time. I do have a regular >> full-time job in the software industry. >> >> If you want a person to do for a living what I do in my free time, you >> will probably have to resort to crowdfunding. But consider this: Those >> whose daily job it were to maintain a document would be less likely to >> judge the quality of that document and contributions to it correctly >> because they must be lacking field experience in turn. >> >> In my thesis (which I submitted and defended in 2012 while working part- >> time) I had to focus on refining the test cases for the features that >> already existed, and on important new features specified in ECMAScript >> Edition 5.1 (which you could read in its translation into English, once >> it is finished, at the latest). Rest assured that any suggestions you >> have submitted via e-mail are still there, and will be considered if and >> as soon as possible (even more so as adding new features and testcases is >> comparably easy now because of the new database and backend UI). > > I wasn't seeking an excuse, explanation, nor seeking that past submissions > I've made be added to the matrix, I was raising this issue as a possible > caveat of my support for your role as maintainer. Primarily I was > concerned that for the FAQ, like my experience with the Matrix prior to > it's current incarnation, submissions would disappear into the ether. Submissions have _not_ “disappeared into the ether”. It is unfair of you to repeatedly suggest that they have, despite evidence to the contrary. -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.