[xmlroff] Summer Sale: xmlroff 'developer' status at low, low cost

[Tony G. <Ton...@Su...>]

For a limited time only, you can take advantage of this fantastic
offer: contribute to xmlroff or pangopdf and receive 'developer'
status on the xmlroff project!

Just indicate your willingness to be a xmlroff developer when you
submit your patch for improved code or documentation, and as an
xmlroff developer you will receive CVS access to the xmlroff code and
a subscription to the exclusive xmlroff-commit mailing list.

Seriously, folks, while open-source development is frequently
described as a meritocracy, it's both hard to establish what the level
of merit should be before you get developer status for a particular
project and hard for a project that needs more developers as much as
xmlroff does to be snooty about any level of merit.  So forget
snootiness, let's have a sale!  (Okay, that wasn't serious.)

Underneath the sales gimmick is recognition that xmlroff needs more
developers.  You may think that xmlroff is my day job and that I'm
beavering away at it full-time.  It isn't, and I'm not.  If xmlroff is
going to progress, it needs more than the limited time that I can
spend on it.  It needs more developers.  It needs you.

I just hope this message makes it through people's spam filters.

Regards,


Tony.