On 10.11.2014 17:56, Simon McVittie wrote: > The major blocker here, IMO, is someone who actually *plays* Xonotic, > knows how it works, and is happy to take responsibility for it. I get > the impression that that's not you, and you're mainly packaging it as an > intellectual exercise / "because it's there"? :-) The main reason why I joined this team was because my interest in free software games and development is still broader and spans a wide variety of different projects and themes and includes more than just the game that I already played 20 years ago. I guess my hope was to find like-minded people who share the same common goals. Xonotic is a major free software game, probably the best actively developed fps game out there. There are other important games and tools that deserve more attention IMO, if you care for the state of free software gaming and development. I believe that distributions are a catalyst to make software accessible for people, for promoting ideas and concepts and for helping to bring upstream and end users together. I'm more like the generalist type of guy who enjoys to tie up all those loose ends to make the whole better and not just a single product. I'm most realistic about the fact that we need more people who care for the bigger picture, otherwise you can't sustain the quality and number of current packages in the archive and I am communicating this fact early. So when I pick up "game X" on this list, it is most likely because I want to encourage others to do packaging work and show that it is often not as difficult as it may seem to finish something. However I know for myself that this team can give you a hard time sometimes. I also know my limits and that burning out and losing the passion is a real danger. But my idea of a team is that you can contribute to the work of others without doing everything alone and perhaps someone else who is reading this now or in the future will pick up the work and join the effort. Thanks for the additional information. I'm sure they will be useful. Markus
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