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

Am Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:10:47 +0300 schrieb Alexey Borzov <borz_off@cs.msu.su>: > Markus Wolff wrote: > > I agree. There´s nothing to say against making a new package out of an > > existing one that was written by someone else, but just taking > > development of the same original package out of the hands of the > > developer, *that´s* what I think is not a good thing. > developer != maintainer Well, luckily in most cases in most cases developer and maintainer actually *are* identical. Ulf Wendel´s packages are an exception here. Nevertheless, if we make that distinction that would mean: (developer != maintainer) == (maintainer == meaningless) ..which would lead to: PEAR == chaos Regards, Markus -- *21st Media* | Consulting, Konzeption, Produktion für die Bereiche: Markus Wolff | Internet, Intranet, eCommerce, Content Management, Hamburg,Germany | Softwareentwicklung, 3D-Animation, Videostreaming http://21st.de | Tel. [+49](0)40/6887949-0, Fax: [+49](0)40/6887949-1