> Thank you Edward! This is indeed the point. Thorsten, could you please
> approve, decline, or update this statement?

The 11/2000 statement part about the development model is, and always was,
for 4.0 only.

> What I understand from your answers in this and similar threads:
> - You don't want public read access to the source-revision tree.

Not for 3.5, yes.  This in line with what the team always said.  That said,
in fact several (the whole TAG, the MegaPOV developers and a few other)
non-team members do have read access to the source code.

> - You don't want to discuss and make design decisions in a public forum.

Honestly, yes, for any version.  But that is my personal opinion. Design by
majority simply does not work.

> - You don't think that an open development model speeds up the
development.

From my experinece with the 3.1 patches and the work required to make them
useable in 3.5, yes.  It is nothing against the patch authors personally,
but unfortunately the quality of many (not all!) patches was significantly
lower than anybody in the team expected.  So what worries me is that end the
end team mebers would have to go any fix all the code that is submitted
because nobody else does it... :-(

> - You don't want to release development releases (snapshots).

Not for 3.5, yes. This in line with what the team always said.

> Either your personal opinion is in conflict with the
> majority of the POV-Team or the statement is obsolete and should be
removed
> from official public web pages.

Neither what I say contradicts anything previously said. You are seeing
contradictions where there are none.

    Thorsten

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