[Thunar-dev] Help needed? -> next steps

[Benedikt Meurer]

You're missing an import point here: This is an open source project. The 
project manager is not responsible for you. I cannot (and will not) 
force anybody into anything. E.g. if you decide to debate endlessly, 
that's your choice, your right and you are responsible, I cannot stop 
that. Likewise I have the right to ignore the debates, when I have the 
feeling that the discussion will not produce any useful results or there 
are more important things. I'm not responsible for telling you what I 
think (I already did that too often). But if you really want to know 
again: I think, that those UI, language and similar discussions don't 
led us anywhere now. It's time to get started with thinking about the 
design and implementation of the project (and no, this does not imply 
language discussions), and that's what I did. I tried to get people 
involved 2-3 months ago already, but discussion went off-topic. So - as 
I won't force people into anything - there was not much I could do 
except for ignoring the debates and starting off for myself.

You said, you want me to provide modules for others to implement. That's 
ok. I'll do that. But to do that, I'll have to work out the core first, 
so you'll have to wait.

That's my definition of open source and my definition of freedom. You 
are free to do the wrong thing, and I am free to let you do that. In the 
end, we are all responsible for ourselves. That's how it is. If you 
cannot live with that, and you prefer a project were the project 
managers tells you exactly what you have to do with your time, then 
Thunar is not the right project for you (and probably most other open 
sources projects won't be either).

Benedikt