- August 29, 2020
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It seems odd that most of the problems that people complain about are that we can't switch to MP2 because there's no plugins for it, but there's no plugins because no one uses it.
Obviously, the solution to that would be to keep chugging along, give incentives to update with impressive new features that warranted a major version change, and make the overall experience of MP2 so much better for new users and devs that they wouldn't consider using MP1. The thing is: I don't see that happening. I don't know if I'm looking in all of the wrong places, but the patch request section on here is long stale and the github seems to not be very active either. I get people have lives, but we're 3/4 of the way to 2021, and the last commit I see is from 2019.
From what I've seen of MP2, it's nice. It's open source, has a decent starting UI, is built on a good language that doesn't have huge barrier of entry like C++, there's a plugin framework and skinning engine, and it has dedicated users that have been around for decades and can forgive the literal years of stale code and old application design concepts.
The only thing stopping me from joining is that I don't see anything happening. No offense to anyone here. It's just near impossible to start on a project this complex without some senior devs active enough to get you up and running. So what's up? I'd like to help, but this isn't a cart that one man can pull, especially when there's a flat tire, and I don't know where you keep the pump.
Obviously, the solution to that would be to keep chugging along, give incentives to update with impressive new features that warranted a major version change, and make the overall experience of MP2 so much better for new users and devs that they wouldn't consider using MP1. The thing is: I don't see that happening. I don't know if I'm looking in all of the wrong places, but the patch request section on here is long stale and the github seems to not be very active either. I get people have lives, but we're 3/4 of the way to 2021, and the last commit I see is from 2019.
From what I've seen of MP2, it's nice. It's open source, has a decent starting UI, is built on a good language that doesn't have huge barrier of entry like C++, there's a plugin framework and skinning engine, and it has dedicated users that have been around for decades and can forgive the literal years of stale code and old application design concepts.
The only thing stopping me from joining is that I don't see anything happening. No offense to anyone here. It's just near impossible to start on a project this complex without some senior devs active enough to get you up and running. So what's up? I'd like to help, but this isn't a cart that one man can pull, especially when there's a flat tire, and I don't know where you keep the pump.