> That’s not how progress happens. You can’t just throw people at a problem. It’s even harder to throw people at a problem if you can’t get them in the same room or even the same timezone.
Did not say that. I said make a 'theme' basically get people to agree to work on sections for a few days... Maybe pick some high profile systems/background areas to pick on? Then have at the end of the month sprint say 'hey we did this cool theme too in addition to all this other cool stuff'. Having some of the other newer 'popular' systems does show others that the 'obscure' stuff exists too.
The background stuff is good things to work on. It is leaps and bounds better than what was there. I also understand it is a hobby. The obscure systems are interesting too, but you have to understand your audience is going to be smaller? I personally find it cool but I also realize that I am into this junk. But I also realize I did not start there. I started with something that was familiar and branched out from there.