[Mono-dev] System.Json string handling

[Andres G. Aragoneses]

I guess it is creating pull requests that fix/add stuff, and reviewing 
the pull requests of others, even if you don't have a final say for the 
merge.

On 21/09/14 12:58, Chris Rogus wrote:
> So, lurker though I have been to date, I would like to one day be able
> to help.  Miguel/whoever, what is the road to prove myself to be able to
> help with this backlog and support this excellent and worthwhile project?
>
> On Sep 21, 2014 5:18 AM, "Martin Thwaites" <monoforum at my2cents.co.uk
> <mailto:monoforum at my2cents.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     I would have to both agree and disagree with Edward on that...
>
>     Yes you need things to be updated and made to work so you get people
>     wanting to use the platform.  However, without making sure that the
>     patches meet standards and are considering all the options, you risk
>     the opposite the code gets worse, there are knock on affects.
>
>     I'm as frustrated with the current process as most as I've been
>     waiting for the MVC5 stuff to be fixed and merged for a while.  What
>     I would say is though, I'd prefer for MVC4 to continue working as
>     is, than some MVC5 stuff work and MVC4 become unstable.
>
>     You have to appreciate the position Miguel and the mono team are
>     in.  They have a commercial product to maintain, that without that,
>     they wouldn't be able to eat (or put on what I've been told are
>     awesome parties).
>
>     At the end of the day, having mono is better than not.  Also, it's
>     better maintained than some other open source projects.
>
>     That said, I think that there isn't enough time, currently,
>     dedicated to code that isn't useful to Xamarin.  They have taken
>     stewardship of a platform that goes beyond mobile platforms, and are
>     controlling the elements that are not part of their core business,
>     however, they are acting as a bottleneck for those.
>
>     In short, there is a lot room for improvement, but where we are is
>     by no means a bad position.
>
>     Just my two (or possibly four) cents.
>
>     Martin
>
>     On 21 September 2014 02:29, 何子杰Hzj_jie <hzj_jie at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:hzj_jie at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         And how to define practices and skills? If you guys do not have
>         time to review the changes from contributors out of mono group,
>         then how to find out new people to join the group? And, I
>         continually see an incorrect design pattern in mono source code,
>         which may cause unexpected behavior in multithreading
>         environment. This kind of issue may not be able to get totally
>         fixed, until someone else pointed out the design pattern is not
>         correct.
>
>         .Hzj_jie
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         From: Edward Ned Harvey (mono)
>         <mailto:edward.harvey.mono at clevertrove.com>
>         Sent: ‎21/‎9/‎2014 3:13
>         To: Miguel de Icaza <mailto:miguel at xamarin.com>; 何子杰Hzj_jie
>         <mailto:hzj_jie at hotmail.com>
>         Cc: Steffen Kieß <mailto:Steffen.Kiess at ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de>;
>         mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
>         <mailto:mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com>
>         Subject: RE: [Mono-dev] System.Json string handling
>
>         > From:mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com
>         <mailto:mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com>
>         [mailto:mono-devel-list- <mailto:mono-devel-list->
>         >bounces at lists.ximian.com <mailto:bounces at lists.ximian.com>] On
>         Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey (mono)
>         >
>         > Tru dat.  However,
>
>         I guess I'm actually trying to say two separate things:
>
>         * When broken stuff doesn't get fixed, it's a disincentive for
>         usage adoption.
>         and
>         * When pull requests get ignored, it is a disincentive to
>         contributors trying to contribute anymore (fixing things).
>
>         This is an unfortunate positive feedback loop, which can
>         hopefully be broken some day.  I know based on my experience
>         here so far, I'm not going to bother trying to fix anything
>         anymore.  My time would have been better spent, finding an
>         alternative to mono SslStream instead of trying to contribute
>         the fix to make mono SslStream operational.
>
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