[Vtigercrm-developers] expressing my worries about not being able to see new vtiger code

[Adam Heinz]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Stefan Warnat <ich at stefanwarnat.de> wrote:
> I think that it's no problem to wait, because vtiger is Open Source! It's
> not like commercial Software, you have pay for the functions.
> Nobody should expect any changes and be thankfull for every update you
> become for FREE.

I don't think waiting is the problem.  Joe's complaint reads to me
like, "Hey guys, why won't you let me help you sooner (by contributing
code and translations)!"

So long as primary development is done in a hidden branch, community
contribution will always lag several months behind.  My theory is that
they are trying to add value to their On Demand offering by delaying
features into trunk, which is unfortunate for the development
community.  I personally believe that that the contributions of
community developers already exceed that value.  Even if vtiger
doesn't want to open up the On Demand branch to the world, at least
give your translators and long-time community developers early access!
 Joe has been a member of the community since 2006!