The One With D

Derelict Wants *You*

Over the last few years, I’ve often had quite a lot going on. But since last fall, personal and professional issues and commitments have severely limited my time at the keyboard. As a result, a lot of things that I want to do have had to take a back seat to things I need to do.

Derelict is one of the things that I’ve not been able to keep up with. I’ve been as attentive as I can to the forums, getting fixes in for any issues that pop up when I can. I’ve given a couple of people write access to the repository to get Mac updates in when they can. We’ve got several packages working on Mac now and more are sure to follow. But I’ve got other things that need to take priority, including a certain Tango project that was announced here and in the NG some months ago and has fallen badly behind, meaning I can’t devote the time and effort right now to Derelict that it needs.

So I’m asking for help. I’m not about to abandon the project, but I need to step away from it for a while so that I’m not constantly worrying about it. What I’m looking for are some volunteers to help keep Derelict in shape — staying on top of bug fixes, helping with the Mac side of things, updating packages to the latest versions of the libraries they bind, getting the documentation up to date, and so on.

I still need to talk to Tom (h3r3tic) to see what his situation is (I know he’s busy with team0xf stuff), so I won’t be getting into any organizational details just yet. But if you are willing to help out, please let me know. I’m particularly interested in finding someone who can be an interim project manager, because I surely don’t want to dump everything in Tom’s lap. If you are familiar with Derelict and have the spare time to stay on top of the forums, oversee submissions, get bug fixes in as problems arise… I’m very interested in hearing from you.

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