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Well, Nao wanted a topic, so here we go.Quote I don't ever remember this actually happening? On the other hand I can think of several examples where you changed things, I made it very clear I didn't like it, explained why and was completely ignored. Like the sidebar changes in recent times - so much so that the *need* to move PMs out of the menu was apparent because it was the only way to know that I'd have messages (since the PM popup doesn't really count, especially if the PM count gets out of sync, which it does occasionally)Quote It'll be good for you to develop your skills, actually. Having at least an awareness of security, of optimisation of DB stuff (which, by comparison, is far more of a killer than byte optimisations tend to be), will make you a more rounded developer.
There are so many areas I trusted to you too, but when I had concerns, very often they weren't listened to. And when I did so much as breathe in the direction of those areas, I felt like I was always doing it wrong because every time you'd rewrite the code (how often, seriously, did I rewrite your code?)Quote Then release it and let the users be the judge.Quote I have more respect for you than that. If I wanted out, I'd just say so. You even told me that I owed Wedge nothing and could walk away at any time. But it wasn't about 'wanting out' as such. The problem wasn't the fact that Wedge is a black hole where thousands of hours of work go into and for seemingly no reward, the problem is that I began to actively hate the experience of developing for it and I resented putting my time into something that made me feel like that.
I don't know if you've had comments from community members about my attitude and expressing sympathy or not, I daresay you probably have. On the other hand, I've had some comments (from people that, in a shock and surprise move, I'm choosing not to name) that they're surprised we ever hooked up in the first place, because they knew it wouldn't work out (and they're surprised it lasted as long as it did)Quote Yes, because it's all about you, isn't it? On the contrary, I made things easier in several ways - firstly, I cleaned up the licensing situation as best I could. Secondly, I made sure that my own pet project which may or may not go anywhere doesn't have Aeva in it, so it's not like Wedge is losing uniqueness, and thirdly, I said it indirectly but might as well make it more formal: you're absolutely free to use any of my contributions in any fashion you like. I'm hereby granting an irrevocable licence to Wedge (or whatever the project becomes called) for any contributions I made, code, documentation, anything, under the BSD licence. If you want to relicence it, fine. But it's there.
If I wanted to kill the project, there are ways I could have done that, and far more effectively. I could have totally stitched you up, because I could have made the threat that nearly killed SMF in 2010 and I would have had just as much legal right to do, because I could have demanded all my contributions be removed because I still hold my copyright to them, which would have left you in a very strange and awkward position, as wesql would have had to be removed or at least reverted back to $smcFunc, along with removing the warning system, the ban system, the plugin system, the language editor, the rewrites of the bbc parser to use the database... the list goes on.
The bottom line is that I finally had enough of dealing with your attitude and I can't do it any more. Even now I feel like I'm forced to justify my decisions to you or explain them - I don't owe you explanations. I certainly don't owe you justifications. But here we are.
As for why I didn't make a topic, it's because it was a couple of lines of throwaway comment that didn't need to be a topic, more a simple observation that got sidetracked and blown entirely out of proportion yet again.
My pet project is experimental, it may not go anywhere but while I'm concentrating on C#, I'd like to feel that the last 10 years honing PHP and 3 years on Wedge wasn't a total waste.[1]
Will my pet project be competition? Not really. It's more really poor man's competition for WordPress than Wedge, but you believe what you want to believe, you usually do.
I've never had any problems with writing code that you didn't like, and reverting it...
I see your leaving as an attempt to kill the project. Because you know I'm not comfortable with being the only one to manage it. There are so many areas that I entirely trusted to you, and now I have to learn about them thoroughly-- or just give up about them.
There are so many areas I trusted to you too, but when I had concerns, very often they weren't listened to. And when I did so much as breathe in the direction of those areas, I felt like I was always doing it wrong because every time you'd rewrite the code (how often, seriously, did I rewrite your code?)
It's not a good feeling, I'll tell you. Also, you were always the one who said Wedge wasn't in a releasable state. Sure it is.
Perhaps you were just looking for a way out, I don't know... But I have to deal with that now.
I don't know if you've had comments from community members about my attitude and expressing sympathy or not, I daresay you probably have. On the other hand, I've had some comments (from people that, in a shock and surprise move, I'm choosing not to name) that they're surprised we ever hooked up in the first place, because they knew it wouldn't work out (and they're surprised it lasted as long as it did)
Anyway, I will release it alone, but you didn't make things easier for me.
If I wanted to kill the project, there are ways I could have done that, and far more effectively. I could have totally stitched you up, because I could have made the threat that nearly killed SMF in 2010 and I would have had just as much legal right to do, because I could have demanded all my contributions be removed because I still hold my copyright to them, which would have left you in a very strange and awkward position, as wesql would have had to be removed or at least reverted back to $smcFunc, along with removing the warning system, the ban system, the plugin system, the language editor, the rewrites of the bbc parser to use the database... the list goes on.
The bottom line is that I finally had enough of dealing with your attitude and I can't do it any more. Even now I feel like I'm forced to justify my decisions to you or explain them - I don't owe you explanations. I certainly don't owe you justifications. But here we are.
As for why I didn't make a topic, it's because it was a couple of lines of throwaway comment that didn't need to be a topic, more a simple observation that got sidetracked and blown entirely out of proportion yet again.
My pet project is experimental, it may not go anywhere but while I'm concentrating on C#, I'd like to feel that the last 10 years honing PHP and 3 years on Wedge wasn't a total waste.[1]
Will my pet project be competition? Not really. It's more really poor man's competition for WordPress than Wedge, but you believe what you want to believe, you usually do.
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