I don’t quite understand the dogma behind Jane’s “platformist” approach. I do understand that as a community project it should be selfish to the community it serves. On the other hand, if it’s a community project then submissions for the icon designs for 2.7 could have been taken globally and then let the community decide which of those were the best regardless, even if some of them were from outside the community.

Really, when you think about it the communities (as a general social construct) tend to be selfish and implicitly exist to serve their own needs. But since when did communities ever dogmatically refrain from exploiting external resources?

It’s nice to see someone else realizing that what Matt says and what he actually does are two separate things. I hope you are familiar with Wordpress Wank, a source that has called him out on a number of things. I learned awhile back that Jane follows the same pattern.

If you’re really interested in contributing towards Wordpress, may I suggest working on the Wordpress Multiuser trac? Donncha, the lead developer there has a much different attitude towards those helping out and we regularly contribute patches that get accepted. (Although he does have to approve them before they get added in.)