Re: Discussion of SCM_SVN Proposal

On Fri Apr 16, 2004 at 02:2651PM +0200, Klaus Guenther wrote: > Martin Jansen <mj@php.net> wrote: > > > On Thu Apr 15, 2004 at 11:4146PM +0200, Bertrand Mansion wrote: > > > <mj@php.net> wrote : > > > > Merging your code into Horde's codebase sounds like *the* way to go > for > > > > me. Having two version control packages with nearly exactly the same > > > > features would be a pity. > > > > > > I don't understand why Clay should adapt his work to Horde when Horde is > not > > > in PEAR ? Could you let me know the idea behind that. > > > > If I remember correctly someone from the Horde team (Chuck?) said that > > they are willing to "contribute" all the code to PEAR that is located in > > their framework/ directory in CVS. Thus merging code with existing > > Horde code does definitively not mean that there is no chance to release > > it in PEAR. > > Sounds pretty much like that complaint Alexey quoted [1] at the start of the > infamous easter thread: Can we please stop over-interpreting each other mails? > The handicap that Horde code brings with it is that it's being used in > production and actively distributed, so it would be kinda difficult to > completely rewrite the API. Why in the world would one consider rewriting an API that has proven its stability in production environments? Netscape has shown the world that rewriting stable systems is no good. > When reading Chuck's letter, it looks like Horde packages will only be > included in PEAR if they can simply be released in both places. I do not think that anything apart from the main projects is formally released in Horde. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > In this case, though, I'm of the impression that this package has not too > much in common with Horde_VC. And even if it did: Horde_VC is not yet in > PEAR, and Clay may not feel up to working himself into the Horde framework. Again, I do not think that one has to dive into the complete framework in order to work on just one package. > Maybe if we start accepting competitive packages, the people over at Horde > will step up their efforts to have their packages included in PEAR :-) Until > then, they already have their own package server. And it's linked to on > pearweb, so why should they really complain? ;-) If I was a member of the Horde gang, I'd start to feel pissed at least at this point. But I'm probably over-interpreting as well. EOT. -- - Martin Martin Jansen http://martinjansen.com/