Re: Discussion of SCM_SVN Proposal

<chuck@horde.org> wrote : > Quoting Bertrand Mansion <bmansion@mamasam.com>: > >> I understand that they are trying to promote their project, a >> bit like Manuel Lemos used to do with PHPClasses, but they should do it more >> wisely and try not to discourage other people making proposals. What if >> Manuel commented every proposal by saying "I think you should look at >> phpclasses.org, there is a class that already does just that". At least, he >> stopped doing it. > > I understand that you see it this way, Bertrand, and I know that you have no > fondness for Horde. From my point of view, what we (Horde) have done is to > offer our code into PEAR - to have it be *part* of PEAR, and simply used in > Horde. I see that as very different from pointing to an external > repository and saying "use this instead". I can understand that I sounded as if I didn't like Horde but that's not true. Horde's code is overall very good and I often look at your CVS as a reference for my own programming. Furthermore, I think PEAR wouldn't exist today if Horde hadn't existed before. So my rant was not against Horde, but rather against the way you guys tried to force a developer to rewrite his code to use one of your package, which I didn't want because this move would limit the proposed package features and because IMO things should be done the other way round. I'd also like to say that, even if in the past we already had different opinions, I have a lot of respect for you and for the work you do with Horde and its companion projects. I am also sorry if I misinterpreted the comments you made on this proposal and I don't want to be the reason for you, or for anyone else, not to contribute to PEAR. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam