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This is welcome news after an utterly ridiculous, nearly obscene weekend. I am sure this will be a major step forward.
I do hope though that there will be a long, genuine, and fervent effort to work towards building more community. There is a cry for patience. Patience is much easier to obtain when a depth of community and all that it entails is in place - communicating, supporting, treating one another with a modicum of decency.
If we fail to respect one another - then the software and indeed XOOPS may just as well sign off now. The truth is - this past weekend reminded me of so many nasty fights I've seen in the name of religion. Inevitably, one split leads to another, leads to another, ad infinitum (perhaps a cautionary word to those who feel they can do better?). I really don't want to be around that kind of atmosphere. And we harm ourselves if we leave folks around here who have NO interest in community. Since about 2002 (I think it's been that long?) I've been stopping by here often three or four times a day. For some of that time, it's been a cheery experience where people help each other and do so kindly, saying thanks, etc. But, these folks who just come in here to tear the hell out of the community - they don't care about the wake they leave, the people they hurt. The community must come first, IMHO. I hope we can commit to that. Committing to a code release is much smaller potatoes...A few process changes and the other stuff will be fine. Nothing can cover for disrespect.
This speaks to my calls for someone to assist with steering XOOPS who is not primarily a coder, someone who advocates for both the community AND the developers. I genuinely hope that this is heard. I think it will benefit the community in important ways.
I apologize for all the ramblings... I'm just trying to make sense of all the sad stuff of this weekend here at XOOPS and - maybe in a larger sense - the pain life inflicts via mean people (eg. the UV shootings). I hope we can get on to being a kind place again...
MMM...It tastes like chicken! ...