Wow, sometimes you guys really show your maturity level. I am all for  
the snippy comment to ignorant questions, but when you clearly just  
don't understand the field, you demonstrate YOUR unbelievable ignorance.

You already have a CVS repository. To create a branch is 1 command.  
There is no difference for you (or anyone else) in performing any of  
your work if you always commit against HEAD than what you are doing  
today. It does allow others though to keep other versions alive more  
easily.

We have a software shop with about 12 developers, and have used CVS  
and branches since we had about 3 people. If you have multiple people  
working on a project it is probably a requirement for any effective  
project management. But maybe that is the problem? You are are too  
egotistical to allow the input/work of anyone else - even when they  
clearly know more about the subject than yourselves.

I've followed this mailing-list for about a year now. I have also  
reviewed much of the iText code. It is clear you have little in terms  
of professional software development education or experience. You  
have let the success of iText go to your head, when it is clearly not  
a success due to the high quality of the code/project, but rather  
that it fills a need with a decent product at a FREE price point.

Maybe if you got down of your high-horse and were not so afraid of  
allowing other people to contribute, iText would be even better than  
it is today, and you would have to do less work (but maybe that is  
what this is all about, some sort of veiled job security).

You would benefit greatly from watching the Lucene project. You will  
see how the founder still "provides" direction, but also how the  
project has grown and developed without his input, due to the  
multitude of people that now contribute. You should review the code  
quality. You should review the release process. It might give you  
many helpful ideas.

Best of luck to you.




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