Re: Duplicated/redundant package for PEAR::Message -> PEAR::Crypt_HMAC
| From: | Pierre-Alain Joye | Date: | Fri, 25 Apr 2003 20:30:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Duplicated/redundant package for PEAR::Message -> PEAR::Crypt_HMAC | ||
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 21:14:59 +0200
"Lukas Smith" <smith@backendmedia.com> wrote:
> > Removing is not an option, as
> > 1) it was downloaded by 267 people who might now depend on it [1]
>
> This cannot be a reason. Otherwise we would be setting a horrible
> precedent.
This is a valid reason. And you (the community) let a far more horrible
precedent recently set here.
The problem was while the package has been commited and released,
removing now is not a good solution, like removing the most horrible
precedent I never seen in PEAR.
pierre