The thing is, it's extremely irritating to be trying to work through a problem with another core contributor and be interrupted by "cweagans: how I can mine for fish? I need to do drupal" when I hadn't even been talking to them.<div>
<br></div><div>I mean, I understand that people need support, but support is a completely different arena than development.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, when I started using Drupal (about 2.5 years ago), it wasn't just "us". It was (at the time) "us" and "the god-like creatures that contribute to core". Now, when I /join #drupal, I see the same kind of perspective.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I don't think that splitting #drupal-contribute out of #drupal was the cause of that. It seems to me that it's a natural step in the overall progression of a community's growth.</div><div>
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Thanks,<br>Cameron<br><br>
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<div class="im">On 3/18/2011 3:49 PM, Angela Byron wrote:<br>
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In the end, I have absolutely no idea where Drupal 9 core/contrib developers are going to come from. And that is absolutely terrifying.<br>
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I started developing with drupal a few years ago, and have started contributing small patches and support answers. I'm here because Drupal meets my needs much of the time, and because I have a self-interest in helping everyone else. It works for me, and I figure that's the same way developers will arrive in the future. Building the community is still a lot of work, but maybe slightly less than absolutely terrifying.<br>
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Too much to hope for?<br><font color="#888888">
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Ted<br>
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