Github user ustcweizhou commented on the pull request: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/801#issuecomment-154363971 @mlsorensen I agree with that third-parties can ship their own packages based on official release. It is more flexible for them. They can release new packages with new feature/improvement and bug fix, no need to wait for official cloudstack release. I also understand their concern that the code difference between their branch and master branch will become more and more bigger if they cannot merge most of their codes to main branch. It will be difficult to upgrade to new cloudstack versio. The upgrade means a lot of work, especially if there is framework refactoring. I believe many companies have their cloudstack branch with new features and customized UI , and they face the issue when they want new features and upgrade to new version.
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