RE: [PEAR-DEV] Duplicated/redundant package for PEAR::Message -> PEAR::Crypt_HMAC

> From: Pierre-Alain Joye [mailto:paj@pearfr.org] > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:31 PM > 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. So anyone can just submit a package and we will not remove it if there have been a number of downloads? Seems to me it makes since way to easy to just throw things into PEAR, by mistake (forgetting to ask) or even on purpose. Regards, Lukas