Reactor Engineers

[eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser]

Yes getting attention from, in my opinion, people who lack vision.

I simply don't agree that they lack vision. Like I stated in my post, I think their focus right now is on the "quick wins" - how can they increase functionality and garner user support with a minimum of effort. As a manager of a number of developers (and like I said in my previous post) I would much rather them crank out a number of moderately highly requested features, that take a short period of time, than release a single feature that takes an extensive amount of time.

They're current methodology allows them to appease the greatest number of users, in the fastest way possible as well as mitigate the shock factor that comes along with "OMG, they made a huge freaking update".

Ultimately, I must agree with an earlier reply (although I will do so much more tactfully) and say if you aren't happy with it - do something about it. The Reactor team is very open to outside contributions and we all know you, WD, possess the knowledge and the skillset to make those contributions - you've been an amazing member of the community. If you feel as if the Reactor team should be working on something specifically, grab the code, work on it and submit a pull request. Are you too busy to do so? Realize they probably are as well (they're not getting paid for this and have full-time jobs). If you're not happy with the direction in which they are headed, apply to join the Engineer team or sit down with Phil for a chat (he's an awesome guy, very smart and extremely accessible).

Ultimately, I find the way in which you approached this matter to be unfounded, immoral, and downright disrespectful. There are appropriate ways to merit, or at least discuss, each of your demands/concerns - none of which you have attempted. We've been begging for CI to become truly open source for years (you've been around for at least as long as I have) - the Reactor team is the stepping stone towards that process. Rather than flex the open source nature of this process, you've resolved to the "gimme, gimme, gimme" attitude of teenage script kiddies that don't know any better. Which is disappointing to be frank. I had, personally, placed you within the very small group of CI Elite.