mattwo wrote:That may be the case, but just how many people were exactly making proper contributions when the server was still happening?
I can understand that not everyone can, but it seemed like you were under-staffed to begin with which is why no real progress happened in a timely manner...
There were an abundant back when the project began; disagreements with the approach to making a PSU server was the primary incentive for the start of EGS.
Many people might have remembered nyuzero's attempt at it but was closed off to the public. In contrast, EGS was open to everyone so that anyone could have contributed. This worked out really well at the start, but over time the novelty dropped. The basics of a server worked out really well and it was an impressive sight at first; but after the core basics, it became increasingly difficult to move on and work on the lower level details of the server.
This topic was posted about 2 years ago on information that essen and the project team need, but as you can see, not a single person was able to find the information and shared it. As such, there was nothing they can do aside from following their own limited knowledge, which led to nowhere.
"Understaffed" is not the correct way to put it; "lacking expertise" is. If they have people with the knowledge to build a server, then something can be done. But if there is no one who can step up and help out, this "on-hold" status will continue on. So once again, feel free to invite anyone who has the knowledge to analyze PSU's backends and send them their way. Otherwise, it won't happen.