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diff --git a/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn b/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn index 3c430ca4..93283113 100644 --- a/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn +++ b/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn @@ -8,18 +8,37 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -[[!meta title="How many developers are working on the GNU Hurd?"]] +[[!meta title="How many developers are working on the GNU Hurd, and why so +few?"]] -Not many. One handful work on it in their free time, and another two -handful do help with [[Debian GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] and -[[hurd/running/Arch_Hurd]] packaging. Also, an additional handful of -former developers are still available for answering technical questions, -but are not really participating in the current development anymore. -For reaching out to new developers, we're participating in [[Google's -Summer of Code program|community/gsoc]]. Likewise, any interested party -(*you*!) are very welcome to start [[contributing]]. Mentoring is -possible, too, to help you get started. +# How Many Developers? -Continue reading some speculation about [[why so few developers]] are working -on the GNU Hurd. +One handful works on the core of the system in their free time, and another +handful helps with [[Debian GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] and +[[hurd/running/Arch_Hurd]] packaging. Also, an additional handful of former +developers are still available for answering technical questions, but are not +participating in the current development anymore. + + +# Why So Few? + +We can only speculate. One major problem might be that the [[architectural +benefits|advantages]] are generally perceived as very abstract, with little +practical benefit. We currently don't have many tools that are actually making +use of all the possibilities. + +Another reason is that it's been taking too long. Today, most people don't +believe it will ever be ready for production use, and thus would consider +involvement a waste of time. This latter point is invalid, of course, as +learning can never be a waste of time. The same holds for the [[challenges]] +raised by the GNU Hurd -- we can only learn and improve upon working on them. + + +# Attracting New Faces + +We're an open project: any interested party (*you*!) are very welcome to start +[[contributing]]. Mentoring is possible, too, to help you get started. + +Likewise, for reaching out to new developers, we're participating in [[Google's +Summer of Code program|community/gsoc]]. |