[Dbix-class] 3/5 Why my plan got scrapped

[Christian Walde]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:25:39 +0200, Peter Rabbitson  
<rabbit+dbic at rabbit.us> wrote:

> 2) I gravely misjudged how far the user community drifted from the  
> unanimous endorsement[3] 3 years ago of the following (I quote):
>
>> Would DBIx::Class benefit more from my continued, albeit somewhat
>> abrasive, presence at the helm (which implies continuous rejection
>> of "worse is better", slow and careful "ready when ready"-style
>> release cycles, multiple layers of checks and testing, and generally
>> slow vetting and acceptance of external contributions)?
>
> The person I was going to hand an *exclusive* FIRSTCOME to, would be  
> among other things relying on a steadfast, demanding and uncompromising  
> user community to keep them honest. The threads demonstrated that this  
> community of users no longer exists (or perhaps they are silent, which  
> in the end would have the same effect).
>
> [3]  
> http://blogs.perl.org/users/peter_rabbitson/2013/07/crowdsourcing-self-confidence.html#comments

I don't think what you're seeing is a drift in the community. I'm pretty  
sure the community still thinks exactly as it did back then.

You asked them specifically whether you should be taking a strong position  
*at the helm*. You got responses encouraging you to take leadership in  
development, comparing it to a pumpking situation, mentions of BDFL, and a  
general wish for your continued involvement.

These all give you considerable power, but they all are based around you  
being there, active, and development happening.

Note the details of the wording: A leader has leadership only when he  
actualls leads; a pumpking is specifically a community-chosen person who  
decides which patches get in; a BDFL is a dictator *for life*; involvement  
can't be continued in absentia.

All of the endorsement i read there is given to you being there and doing  
things.

Then you started talking vaguely of "freeze" and taking comaints away.

What you have here is not a community that changed, but one that cheered  
you on with a particularly understanding of purpose, and which you scared  
by hinting at acting entirely opposite said purpose, and refusing to tell  
more when asked about it.

Heck, personally i'm still not entirely sure i disagree with your plan, if  
only because i don't yet understand what it actually was, and i'm sure  
many more are in the same boat.

-- 
With regards,
Christian Walde