Re: Re: IT[X] status update and a reminder

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Markus Wolff wrote: > Martin Jansen wrote: > > >>If there is another way, my understanding of PEAR is wrong > >>and its not the project I want to work on ;( > > > > Please stop being pathetic. > > > > I fail to understand why finding the best future-plan for IT stands in > > contradiction to the way PEAR is established, btw. > > Christian has a point here. Why should anyone decide to publish his > package through PEAR, if he has to fear that one day people might be > unsatisfied with the way your package is being developed, and so they > will start to rip it apart, not listen to your suggestions and replace > your original package with their own? > > The same goes for people who want to help developing an existing > package - why should they do that if there´s always the possibility > that some day someone has a "great idea"(tm), convinces lots of other > people on the list to do things his way and replace the package you´ve > been working on so far with his own? > > This can´t be the way. In fact, it *must not* be the way. Sorry about the cliche, but "this is Open Source". The fact that someone who is not satisfied with your package can make their own version of it is a PLUS. Usually people come to their senses after a while and start working together, but the social/political process is often much harder than the technical one. But let's not worry about problems that do not exist yet. :) After reading up a bit more on this thread I'm in favor of 1) a major version increase, or 2) an alternative a new package (if Alexey intends to do more work on it). - Stig