Re: igc: trying to chase a crash

[Gerd Möllmann]

Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org> writes:

> Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>>> I get the same feeling. Something is a bit odd.
>>>
>>> I don't find this too odd, I have my own ideas about the reasons for
>>> this difference.
>>
>> Care to share your thoughts?
>
> Sure if it's of interest: my idea of few things that helped a lot native
> comp in gaining traction at time:
>
> - publishing simple blog posts summarizing and explaining the progresses
>   of the branch [1]
>
> - native-comp being a feature branch, this clarified that the goal was
>   merging to master (IOW something which was probably likely to happen)
>   and that the branch was trackable by users.  That's why I suggested
>   more than once this solution in the past.
>
> - publishing some positive performance numbers in order to explain/prove
>   the soundness of the approach.
>
> That said, users were very interested and gave a lot of good feedbacks
> and bug reports (my impression more than for igc), but the number of
> developers involved I'm pretty sure was not higher than what igc got
> already.

Yes, thanks, that's interesting, for me at least, because I wasn't there
at the time.

So, you did a ton of work, also outside the technical aspects, to get it
in, certainly requiring a very strong motivation and will power over a
long time.

If that's a requirement, maybe it is the reason why users are ignoring
igc, indeed. And in that case, the question would be, if the project or
some individual(s) could or want to do something similar. Which I can't
answer. I won't do it, though, which I think I said already too often.
And, from my POV, no one can be blamed for not having that stamina.

Hm.