Re: can I depend on stable PEAR classes to not change?

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:45:10 +0200, Lukas Smith <lsmith@php.net> wrote: > > Maybe here is a relaxing comment: > Nobody took anything from you! Its opensource. All past versions are on > the server. There is a public CVS server. So there is nothing stopping > you from forking the code. > I was trying to gracefully end the conversation with a sincere thank you, which I truly meant. Is this a real suggestion Lukas? I am not stupid-- I know the code is free for me to fork whenever I choose. *yes* I have moved Quickform 2.10 off to a different directory location, changed all my require lines and I am maintaining it myself. I did this over a year ago. Great! Now I am maintaining a form library in addition to the million other thins I am doing. Lukas does this mean I shouldn't trust any of your packages to maintain BC? Your comments make me think that you don't care about your users. That a library is open source does not mean that the maintainers should not feel a sense of obligation to their users. Suggestions like "if you don't like it fork and maintain it yourself" and not practical and a little flippant. Often people are using an open source library because they realize the maintainer is more qualified or has more free time to build and maintain such a library. Giving such people the finger is bad PR for PEAR. btw I want to say that in general the support available to PEAR users here on the mailing list is absolutely wonderful and thorough. I do not not feel like BC is a overwhelming problem for PEAR. culley