RE: [PEAR-DEV] an HTML_Template_IT[X] fork is available

> -----Original Message----- > From: Alexey Borzov [mailto:borz_off@cs.msu.su] > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:11 PM > To: Christian Dickmann > Cc: pear-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] an HTML_Template_IT[X] fork is available > > Christian Dickmann wrote: > > We don't have to prove, that your new package breaks BC, > > you have to prove, that it does not! > > This is a *perfect* example of faulty logic. > > Consider: I don't have to prove that the world was created just > yesterday by The Great Almighty Foobar. You have to prove that it was not! I don't know the exact issues at hand here. But I can comment on your comments on Christians email. If a package is used and is considered stable any changes needs to be evaluated based on if they meet the needs of the existing userbase. This can only be sensibly done by separating all changes into patches. Anyways since the package has a considerable userbase it has proven its worthiness. It is upto you to proof the worthiness of the changes to the packages userbase. The other alternative is a fork or major version update, although I am not the judge if that is feasible or if that was even proposed in the current discussion. Regards, Lukas