On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 08:18 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:58:20 -0500 Doug Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | > A far better justification than you've given currently. > | > | How about hacking on open source is done so that people can scratch > | an itch. No developer has to be a slave to the demands of others if > | it doesn't scratch that developer's itch. > | > | A baselayout without bash scratches Roy's itch. > > Which is all very well, but not sufficient reason to screw up a project > that is developed and used by a lot of people.
He's not "screwing up" anything. He's making changes he wishes as the author and maintainer of the package. If someone doesn't like it, they can fork it and maintain their own package. Isn't that just wonderful? Seriously, Roy can work on whatever he wants how he wants, just like any of the rest of us. Anyone who doesn't like it can simply fork the project, or even create a new project to replace the functionality provided by this package. It happens all the time. I seem to remember it happening with this package manager we all are familiar with... -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation
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