[Pachy-Dev] Opening the development list and code base to the public

[Joshua Archer]

Hello everyone,

As we move closer and closer to a full open source release, we will  
need to open up all lines of communication to potential new  
contributors. One of the things that we will need to do is open up  
the pachy dev list to the public. I wanted to let everyone know this  
is my intention before I make any announcements, but my intention is  
to do this soon. The more we work out in the open, the more likely we  
are to have contributors join us on the team.

This also means that we will need to provide access to the code base  
soon as well. This is a good time for anyone and everyone to take a  
look at the code you've got in subversion and make sure you've got  
any and all changes in you want, and if you have time to go over  
documentation as well, that would be great. Mind you, the code  
doesn't need to be perfect (or even close) -- we fully expect the  
code to be buggy and imperfect. It's software after all, and if it  
were perfect, there'd be no need for an open source project :).

I know it can be hard for some to put their code out in the public  
for scrutiny, but in the long run this will make the code better,  
make us all better developers, and will advance all of our skill sets  
and careers. That being said, if there is anything about this that  
makes you feel uncomfortable, PLEASE speak up now so we can discuss  
it. I will wait approximately a week or so before I put a link up to  
the dev mailing list and subversion repository (just for reads only  
-- submission rights is a whole new subject!)

Thanks everyone,

Joshua