This cracks me up, how quickly they turn hu?
As a project manager myself, who also happens to know about development
forks and has experienced it himself, it amazes me how people get as soon as
someone begins a fork.
1. If you decide to fork from an existing project, the very first thing a
responsible developer should do is contact that project and inform them. As
both Gordon and Charlie have alluded to, perhaps together is better than
apart. And when I talk about informing them I don't mean to say "Hey you
asshole, we can code better and will prove it", but to say "What you have
done is wonderful, and we think we could contribute." That is always a nice
place to start, then you see where it takes you from there.
2. There are always those who are quick to jump on the fork band wagon, they
are the same people who will start flaming the original application on all
the boards, telling the world of how their new choice is so much better. A
good example of this is PHP-Nuke and Post -Nuke.
3. Inevitably, forks damage the community...period.
4. > Why "Off-List"? It is a development issue isn't it?<
Are you joking? It is not a development issue, it is a business issue. If
it were a development issue it would be on the aXon boards or list, not
e-smith. This is a private matter and should be handled in private. The
result should be public.
I don't know the guys from aXon, they may be great people, but they have
made some elementary mistakes, not the least of which is posting on the
e-smith boards....very bad taste.
You never try to steal away the competition's Dev people of users, if you
product is good, they will come to you.
IMHO
Garret Acott
http://myphpnuke.com
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> Why "Off-List"? It is a development issue isn't it?
>
>
> >I think it would be a good idea for us to discuss this off-list to see
> >how we can work together to avoid a fork.
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> Sincerely
>
> Jon Pamment
>
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