Light Table's Future.

[prertik]

https://lighttable.discourse.group/t/future-of-lighttable/50/2?u=prertik

[Mouvedia]

For the ones wondering what's CIDER's Orchard: https://metaredux.com/posts/2018/11/09/ciders-orchard-the-heart.html

[allentiak]

@prertik I just checked your presentation.

But, the new codebase will be open-sourced, once, I've fixed Analyzing plugins.

Are you sure about this? I think this will only difficult receiving feedback... Why don't just use a different branch?

[prertik]

@allentiak Yes, I'm sure. In fact, this is the only viable approach to make it one true Clojure editor.
Yeah, I'll use a different branch, I was thinking maybe of another repo or something like that. I want to keep this codebase for legacy reasons.

[allentiak]

BTW, @prertik: Chances are, "Please check this out" is probably not the best subject choice...
Have you tried something like "Light Table's Future", or the like?

[prertik]

Thanks for the suggestion @allentiak! BTW, did you vote?

[allentiak]

Vote? On what? I don't understand the question...

[sbauer322]

I believe he may be referring to this tweet, @allentiak - https://twitter.com/lighttable/status/1233018553827115008?s=20

[allentiak]

*Disclaimer: I share my opinion in the hope that it might be useful, and because @prertik asked for it. I will be clear: even though I fancy the idea of reviving LT, actually working towards it is not on my priority list right now. Of course, this might change in the future, but it is too soon to tell. @prertik Nice new title! Thanks, @sbauer322! I knew nothing about this poll. I think a new release is critical - even if that code is thrown away right away. After all, all code eventually ends up in the trash bin :-) And I think that the sooner a new release is out, the better. That could be useful for reviving the project. Once it is revived, the new LT community members may decide where to take it from there. But be willing to spend a few months working all alone. Maybe recruiting a local (this is: physically close) colleague/mate might help? Regarding Community Management, I can advise the following readings: - [How to Have a Successful Free Software Project](https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.87.4806) "[T]here is more to the free software development than the creation of a ‘bazaar’." Great place to start. Awesome reading. In fact, I think I should re-read it myself :-) - [Open Advise](http://www.open-advice.org/), a knowledge collection from a wide variety of Free Software projects. It answers the question what 42 prominent contributors would have liked to know when they started so you can get a head-start no matter how and where you contribute. - [The Cathedral and the Bazaar](http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/) Eric Raymond's journey to becoming (and quitting being) Sendmail's maintainer. - [Producing OSS](https://producingoss.com/) This is more a reference book. I hope this helps. Happy hacking!

[niklas-heer]

Are there any updates already?
I would really like to see this project being revived. 👍