new dev branch stuff

[Benedikt Meurer]

Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> 
>>>>> With all the recent changes and ideas popping up, I thought it was 
>>>>> time to ask if we still have a goal, or if we simply follow the 
>>>>> tradition of KDE and Gnome (which would basicly mean for me, to 
>>>>> re-think if its really worth to spend my spare time on Xfce). 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> please try not to take this the wrong way, but when people say stuff 
>>>> like that, i get the "if you don't play my way i'm not going to help 
>>>> anymore" feeling, and i find that just childish.  i'm sure you 
>>>> didn't really mean it that way, but that's how it comes across.
>>>
>>>
>>> Its not like "if you don't play my way"; the point is, that I have 
>>> already spent a lot of spare time on Xfce and may spend more spare 
>>> time in the future, and is the result worth the time, or not? And 
>>> will it be worth with future version? Don't get me wrong, I'm not 
>>> trying to force anybody into something, just asking questions.
>>
>>
>> i think the point i'm trying to make is that it's obvious that we 
>> wouldn't be doing this if we didn't enjoy it and/or believe in it, and 
>> drawing attention to that fact just sounds like you're making childish 
>> threats to stop working if you don't get your way.  again, you 
>> probably don't mean it that way, but that's how it comes across.
> 
> 
> Funny that you come up with that; I actually started this discussion, 
> because I somehow felt like I don't enjoy this work anymore (I thought I 
> would enjoy it again after the release is done). I'm frustrated because 
> I seem to have lost the red line in Xfce development. That's why I'm 
> raising all these questions about the goals or Xfce.

And yes, I sound childish, but thats how I feel currently.

Benedikt