[PLEASE VOTE] so what should we be working on
Henrik Brautaset Aronsen
subsurface at henrik.synth.no
Sat May 28 15:17:24 PDT 2016
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:37 PM, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
>
> a) no one cares about Subsurface-mobile. No bug reports, no code, no
> suggestions, nothing. So I guess we should call this a failed attempt and
> abandon it - screw the 500 or so people who use it.
>
Are you insane? Subsurface-mobile is fantastic!
> b) Miika continues to deal with any import bug that shows up. Awesome.
> Your patches have been pushed
>
Thumbs up!
> d) no one cares about the dive site mess that we have. The current version
> in Subsurface 4.5.x is pretty much unusable and makes no bleeping sense.
> No patches, some suggestions for improvement, no discussion, nothing.
>
I tried making a suggestion that would make it cleaner, but it was shot
down. I still care a lot about proper dive site handling, and it's one of
the reasons why I still haven't switched to Subsurface as my main dive
app. But still, that's me. I have no idea what others think.
> In summary, this project is pretty much dead. I guess it does everything
> the formerly active developers wanted? Or everyone has moved on to more fun
> things? Or had children, changed jobs, built a house, lost their job, or
> one of a number of other life events?
>
Don't give up just because things have slowed down lately. The pace has
been pretty hefty for awhile, and it's just a slow season. Things will
pick up again. Summer is just around the corner, people might be busy
diving :)
> (1) just shut this down and move on?
>
No. Give it a couple of years before you give up.
> (2) move things to maintenance mode, abandon Subsurface-mobile, fix bugs
> in Subsurface whenever we find time but otherwise declare victory? It won't
> be too painful to track libdicecomputer and keep making 4.5.x releases for
> a while, I guess...
>
Give it time!
> (3) focus on Subsurface-mobile, release the iOS version, update the
> Android version and see if there is a single person besides me who is
> willing to invest time into that?
>
If you feel you have time for it, please do! The mobile app is awesome. Or
get some more diving in, do other fun stuff, clear your head, and come
back :)
> (4) focus on Subsurface 4.6, fix the dive site management and create a
> list of prioritized features that we want to get in place?
>
That would be nice.
> (5) focus on Subsurface 5.0, write a completely new UI and abandon what we
> have in 4.5?
>
That sounds counter productive. I'd rather have the current product
evoluting step by step.
> If your vote is for 3, 4, or 5 I assume that you are volunteering to carry
> some of the work that is needed to get there.
> If you don't vote, I will count that as a vote for 1.
>
Well, that's a sucky ultimatum. It looks to me like you really want to
shut down Subsurface by trying to scare people away from voting. But
somehow I hope not.
Henrik
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