I wrote previously on Some Specifics of Conducting Open Source Projects. One thing I’m starting to understand now I guess could be called “The Oasis Problem”. Namely, my 2.0 release is looking to be a long haul — to get right what I want to get right, where before I’ve been focused on some very heavy support and quick releases. I’ll explain the analogy.

Assume you are a lone nomad OSS project hacker. If you are travelling a set course through a desert, it is not hard when there are plenty of watering holes to stop at — to share, trade, stock up on supplies, etc. You can build up a nice audience. In our analogy, consider these watering holes the activity of bugfixing and contribution that spikes around software releases. At each of these watering holes you can meet up with fellow nomads, I mean, fellow software hackers interested in... ... read more >>> michaeldehaan.net