I honestly doubt nobody has ever stepped up and asked if they could help out with admin duties given Minkata is the gateway to MOULa. The question then becomes, if anyone DID ask, were they vetted and eventually offered the keys or just told the obligatory "We'll let you know"?Christian Walther wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:26 pm I agree that it shouldn’t, but as long as nobody else steps up to help – more determinedly than I once did – that’s the way it is.
Agreed. It just seems like people are ready to do or even did said execution, but there is no real clear path to implement anything as far as Minkata is concerned. This has driven away any genuine momentum when they get fed up with the little to no movement.Ideas are cheap, execution is what counts.
Note that the only new content that HAS made it into MOULa in recent years, as buggy as it was, bypassed OpenURU and Minkata entirely. That says a lot.
That's all well and good, but we need to push boundaries and truly test...dare I say, break things...in order to fix them and make them truly compatible with MOULa, all out in the open where everyone and anyone can have a look. Otherwise, you're tying the programmers' hands far too much.There are things that can be done without requiring involvement by rarified, such as making sure we have a client that is compatible with both MOULa and Korman.
People have been dying to add content to MOULa since long before open source was announced, and still do. I have a distinct feeling that nobody would mind working within Cyan's restrictions...that's part of the challenge...but when nothing moves at all, it can be disheartening for those who invest their time...and more of a reason for them to give up altogether.But my impression – from back in the day, maybe things have changed – is that most of the people who are technically and availability-wise capable of it are not very interested in contributing to MOULa, due to mentioned restrictions from Cyan or whatever other reasons.
At the end of the day, we need to ask:
1) What giant leaps has Minkata taken since its inception, if any?
2) If none exist, why is that and what can we do to unjam this blockage?
3) How best to we spread the workload so it's not all on rarified's shoulders?
Question 3 is partly the answer to question 2. It's why this thread was started.
Sharing the admin duties would help rarified and give others a chance to have a look at Minkata and see what they can do to enhance it.