Potential contibution developments

[♥FWR Media]

I'm not the best for following the rules here, I have tended to post (with best intentions) then find my post deleted as I neglected to follow the posting guidelines (sorry for the waste of your time mods)

 

As a "part time coder" (read I'm a professional salesman with no techie quals) and with little time available I find it very hard to develop a contribution to the level where this forum needs it to be to gain input from the community.

 

What I mean by this is I have to upload a contribution prior to gaining development help and I don't wish to offer a substandard contrib in it's early stages as it would just create confusion and time wasted (potential disasters) for users.

 

Now, I recently learnt from a moderator that "certain unscrupulous individuals" have gained knowledge from these opensource forums in order to create an Osc modification then have neglected to offer it as an OS contrib. This practise is of course dispicable and must be guarded against.

 

However, and the point of this post, I feel there should be a "contrib in development/feasibility" board where general points and goals etc can be discussed, but no actual coding help to guard against misuse.

 

I also feel that it could offer some motivation to accelerate the genuine offering and realisation of core osC mods.

 

I'll probably be shot down but thoughts appreciated.

[Guest]

We have a "Features and Suggestions" channel for this.

 

Matti

[dynamoeffects]

Now, I recently learnt from a moderator that "certain unscrupulous individuals" have gained knowledge from these opensource forums in order to create an Osc modification then have neglected to offer it as an OS contrib. This practise is of course dispicable and must be guarded against.

 

I think that's a little harsh. I've written many custom modules for OSC that I didn't offer up a contributions either because: A) It's far too specific to be of any use to anyone else B ) I just don't have the time to rip out the changes, document them, package them up, and then support its use.

 

I find it a far worse "crime" to put up a non-functioning module and then disappear (not speaking any names). It takes a lot of time and effort to release a contribution, so don't be so judgemental about those who either don't have the time, energy, or will to release their own customizations.

Edited February 28, 2006 by dynamoeffects