A Simple Request

[Shirik]

Minion is pretty much inches away. So I just have a simple request: Please be gentle.

I fully expect bugs. That's the intention of a beta release - to isolate less common bugs through widespread exposure. I also expect people to propose features left and right. I encourage this. However, let me show you something.

Here's a few statistics for you:

SVN Revisions: 255
Lines of code: 24587
Date of first revision: October 13, 2008
Date of conception: Honestly, I don't know, but if I had to estimate, around June 2008
Total number of developers: 1 (+ Dolby doing some things server-side)
Amount paid in compensation: $0


In short, that is a hell of a lot of work for one person to do, especially as a volunteer. That puts the project at extremely high risk of defects. While it's been tested by people on all types of platforms and of all levels of computer expertise, it's very likely we missed something.

Keep your bug reports meaningful and your patience at a reasonable level, and we all can make this what we want it to be.

Thanks,
-- Shirik