<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px">> I have the idea that extended's development was highly centralized, not that I mean to imply that this was the intention, but it seems to me that's how it went, so when it was abandoned, it was hard to take it further - I might be totally wrong in my analysis so please feel free to correct me.<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45301" class="yahoo_quoted"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45300" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45299" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45303" class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2105634815"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45308"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45307" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45306" class="yiv2105634815gmail_extra"><div class="yiv2105634815yqt6333672815" id="yiv2105634815yqtfd83979"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45305" class="yiv2105634815gmail_quote"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45332"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45333"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_45530" dir="ltr">The main problem was that setting up a build environment was way too <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46072" dir="ltr">complicated. Also, the build itself takes too long, and there aren't adequate <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46073" dir="ltr">tests to ensure the build completed properly.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46130" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46131" dir="ltr">I've improved the Windows build environment immensely just by leveraging <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46132" dir="ltr">msys2. But the new msys2 installer has a bug that requires an obscure <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46133" dir="ltr">workaround. Apparently the msys2 team already fixed the bug. But the <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46134" dir="ltr">lead dev is on vacation for two weeks, and guess who is the only person <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46135" dir="ltr">able to push bug fixes into the installer binaries...</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46136" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46137" dir="ltr">So apparently the free software ecosystem is full of problems like this.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475184525538_46164" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-Jonathan<br> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>