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.

I mean, I understand that people need support, but support is a completely different arena than development.

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.

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.

Thanks,
Cameron



On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 14:26, Ted <ted-drupalists@webfirst.com> wrote:
On 3/18/2011 3:49 PM, Angela Byron wrote:
In the end, I have absolutely no idea where Drupal 9 core/contrib developers are going to come from. And that is absolutely terrifying.

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.

Too much to hope for?

Ted