To clarify in advance, this is a benign case of curiosity; not a rant. I
have been meaning to ask this for a couple of month, but was too shy to
say anything. Figures seem to indicate that, based on the (admittedly poor
indicator which is) number of commits, WordPress changes less and less as
time goes on. A decline from half a dozen commits per day to just 1 or 2
is noticeable.
With all due disretion, I am not suggesting that there is something wrong
with a slower pace of development, but is there perhaps lack of
inspiration? The "good enough" syndrome is quite detrimental. I would be
sad to think that WordPress has become more static than it used to be, if
not dormant (security/bug fixes cycle?). Sometimes I can't help but feel
as though attention and rigour have been shifted to wordpress.com and its
extension, figure-wise.
Could it be time to radically extend and make WordPress an out-of-the-box
CMS? Or maybe produce a separate, standalone package (a derivative)? Many
people seek CMS software. They love WordPress for many reasons, but they
eventually settle for something like Drupal. In newsgroups, I find it hard
to convince people to use WordPress as a CMS. With the number of bloggers
exceeding 100 million quite soon, I suppose my point of contension might
be void.
Sorry to be such a pain in the ass. I hope this doesn't upset anyone.
Best wishes,
Roy
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