It is unfair to few developers here to shoulder all this work by themselves. That is why we need to spread the word and get more people involved by advertising project on codetriage.com and many other similar sites.
Yes, and we can only do so much.
However, to get new developers on board it means we will have to stop developing and spend time hunting. And then teaching/mentoring. No dev is going to be able to just 'leap in' and do things- they need to understand the underlying systems, what needs fixing etc etc. It is not as simple as as it sounds, and pretty time consuming.
What we really need are people who use SME and have a reasonable grasp of the basics to step up to the plate and come and learn some more. Quite frequently they are the people earning money from SME as well..... (or at the least saved themselves a lot of money)
If every admin who used SME donated 2 hours a week of their time we'd have something like 15,000+ man hours a week. Let alone the number of users that are also supported who could possibly help.
It really is that simple.
It is time that is the most valuable commodity right now.
if you really can't do that then donate to keep the hardware running. Or follow up on some of your ideas yourself and encourage others to do so - I just haven't got the time myself between a full time job and trying to code here.
There are really only 4 of us writing any code at the minute.
Terry is Mr Test - he doesn't really code much but and spends
hours on testing and verification. Boring shitty rinse and repeat, but vital, and the reason your SME is usually so stable. He is a God.
I have spent the last week or more with him updating the PHPKi contrib for certs which need to be updated to to go with my ipsec contrib because that has been updated, and also trying to get a replacement for PPTP which is horribly insecure, all of which I use at work - my justification for working in SME.
So you don't all need to be whizz bang coders - there are plenty of other things to do like testing and verification and bug hunting.
It just needs enthusiasm, willingness to learn, and a bit of motivation to get off your butts and volunteer.
Simples
If anyone wants to chat then do like 'csn' did above and come and talk to us on Rocket.Chat
We are just ordinary people, and we don't bite!! (we actually share some really bad jokes too.....!!)