<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 9, 2007, at 12:01 AM, Kevin Reynen wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Let me get this straight.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>You get upset when a developer doesn't</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">communicate changes...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"you'll find that people weren't inherently opposed to these changes,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">but they were concerned by the lack of a roadmap" - Allie Micka on</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">February 5, 2007</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Now you're defending a developers right to make whatever changes he</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">wants to the release<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>version of popular modules without documenting</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">what they've done and providing no support to deal with the issues</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">this creates while someone else is trying to maintain the project?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Exactly. I expressed my concerns, and then I "unforked". This permitted the maintainer to make any choice that suits him, while ensuring that there was a supported solution available for my own needs.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You are welcome do similar.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks and good luck!</DIV><BR><DIV> <DIV>Allie Micka</DIV><DIV>pajunas interactive, inc.</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.pajunas.com">http://www.pajunas.com</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>scalable web hosting and open source strategies</DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Courier New" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Courier New"></FONT></P> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>