What about a daily stream like DarkCookie? He also takes a long time to complete a new version. But you can see him working almost every day, and you can see that it takes time.
Or, like many devs do, a short weekly update. Ideally like DPC, who says exactly what he did and tagged. Is a 15-20 minute effort for the dev.
There are many ways to be transparent as a developer without it costing you a lot. And I think that's where the discussion comes from. No one can tell if Komi is really working or not. Or how long. Trust in the devs as a whole is dwindling. Which is partly due to devs like Icstor or Irphaeus (the latter released an update after a year of "hard work", which another dev managed in 3 weeks).
The basic question is what is a dev obliged to do who gets money from Paetron. For me, it's relatively easy. I expect the work performance of an employee. 9 hours work per day, including 1-hour break, 5 days per week. 30 days vacation per year. Unfortunately, that can't be checked at all, and everyone has to use their subjective feeling to make a judgment whether the dev's work is appropriate for the salary. This is normally measured by updates. But you can't do that here
