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On Thursday 08 February 2007, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> He's not "screwing up" anything. He's making changes he wishes as the |
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> author and maintainer of the package. If someone doesn't like it, they |
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> can fork it and maintain their own package. Isn't that just wonderful? |
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> Seriously, Roy can work on whatever he wants how he wants, just like any |
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> of the rest of us. Anyone who doesn't like it can simply fork the |
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> project, or even create a new project to replace the functionality |
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> provided by this package. It happens all the time. I seem to remember |
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> it happening with this package manager we all are familiar with... |
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that really isnt a valid stance to take with the package in question ... by |
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this logic, i can turn around and screw with the toolchain and if no one |
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likes what i'm doing, then that's their problem and they can go fork |
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themselves |
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if people stop thinking of Ciaran as being nothing but a huge dick (which he |
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can be) and read the thread from top to bottom, each of his e-mails in this |
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thread was quite valid |
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it seems the backwards compatibility crowd has won out and the current (quite |
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powerful) format will be supported for those who want it ... and for those |
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who are always looking forward, they shouldnt have a problem either |
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-mike |
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