On Friday 06 January 2006 21:54, Elliot Winard wrote: > The open source zealots that I know would not use p4, but they also aren't > interested in contributing to Laszlo until we compile to something that > runs in an open source container like DHTML or a SVG player. I doubt we'd > have many of these folks working on Laszlo contributions. > > Switching from Subversion to P4, given that the license is free, won't be > too difficult for folks to manage. I personally use Perforce for work and > svn for small home projects without any problems.
Looking forward, to a day when open versions of flash or other runtimes will be more ready and available, do you really want to be in a situation where you are using a closed source tool for revision management? The decisions we make today, will determine our reality in the future. That future looks very open source. I am an open source zealot, I am willing to accommodate that the runtime is not open due to limitations in the availability of open source alternatives. I am not willing to tolerate using a closed source tool for revision management when there are suitable and accessible free tools available now. Look at it this way. When an open source zealot arrives at an open project, there is an expectation that the project has embraced open source philosophy, methodology, technology and license to the fullest extent possible. If this is the case, then the way for participation is made easy and the zealot can tolerate the use of non-GPL software. The reality of the database problem is that proper attention from the system admin and a suitable plan for backup and continuity would have seen this problem being much less dramatic than what it is. -- Sean Wheller Technical Author [EMAIL PROTECTED] +27-84-854-9408 http://www.inwords.co.za _______________________________________________ Laszlo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev
