Re: we now have "lilypond" organization on GitHub

[David Kastrup]

Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:

> 2013/9/18 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>> Comparing the amount of code actually getting reviewed and the amount of
>> development getting done, the Linux kernel does not seem to suffer all
>> that badly from working with a patch/mail-centric [review] workflow.
>>
>> Of course there are some reasons that don't hold for us: Linux uses a
>> single-gatekeeper model (but a project like Git itself is still pretty
>> active), and Linux employs a fanned-out hierarchical workflow as opposed
>> to the flat hierarchy the web interfaces allow.
>
> I think the most important reason is that there are a hundred times
> more people interested in contributing to Linux kernel than to
> LilyPond.

That may be partly a hen-and-egg problem.

I'm not sure whether some of our infrastructure choices might not partly
be comparable to creating a perfect breeding range for mules.  We are
doing a lot of things very well, but the one thing we don't really see
is growth.

-- 
David Kastrup