Re: Expect more!

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:42:58 +0100 Martin Jansen <mj@php.net> wrote: > On Fri Feb 14, 2003 at 04:1951PM +0100, Lukas Smith wrote: > > I am just saying that we should focus on quality over quantity. Actually > > quantity has dangers that should not be ignored. It is hard for people > > to figure out which package to use. More bugs will show up with less > > developers there to fix them. Contributions will help less users, > > because they are distributed among more packages etc. > > I agree. But how should we realise that? If we start saying "No, we > don't accept your package, better merge it into XYZ." people will > loose interest in the contribution, because of the new changes they have > to apply to their code. Or, keeping the LiveUser <-> Enterprise A&A story in mind, developers actually _are_ interested in a merge because they can see it would, in theory, be beneficial. But then, there´s still the time factor - you need to inspect each other´s code intensely, figure out what to merge and how, and then potentially rewrite lots of application logic, test scripts and begin debugging from scratch... basically, it would probably be easier to start a completely new package from scratch, incorporating ideas of both teams. But: How likely is it that both parties have the time to do this? IMHO, not really likely. I agree that the theory is nice, though. Regards, Markus -- Markus Wolff <wolff@21st.de>