As others have said, the only way this will happen is if LW’s users make it happen. (Or if MIRI or some other LW-associated entity suddenly gets a big pile of money and can’t think of anything more valuable to do with it than paying someone to improve LW.)
To which end, it would be interesting to know: When “unofficial” people have in the past offered to implement LW improvements, what’s the response been? Have they done the work? Has it been integrated into the LW site?
It is possible that some potential contributors are put off by the possibility that they’ll do a load of work and then find that no one is willing and able and has enough time to look at their changes and put them into action. Does evidence exist that would enable such people to tell how (un)reasonable that concern is?
Only a few recent changes weren’t authored by one of the top 4 contributors. That wouldn’t discourage me from starting work on a new feature, but I wouldn’t spend more than a day or so without testing the waters (e.g. requesting approval for new unit tests).
As others have said, the only way this will happen is if LW’s users make it happen. (Or if MIRI or some other LW-associated entity suddenly gets a big pile of money and can’t think of anything more valuable to do with it than paying someone to improve LW.)
To which end, it would be interesting to know: When “unofficial” people have in the past offered to implement LW improvements, what’s the response been? Have they done the work? Has it been integrated into the LW site?
It is possible that some potential contributors are put off by the possibility that they’ll do a load of work and then find that no one is willing and able and has enough time to look at their changes and put them into action. Does evidence exist that would enable such people to tell how (un)reasonable that concern is?
Only a few recent changes weren’t authored by one of the top 4 contributors. That wouldn’t discourage me from starting work on a new feature, but I wouldn’t spend more than a day or so without testing the waters (e.g. requesting approval for new unit tests).