On 2007-12-07T10:41:47, Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew's contributions to the Linux-HA community will be missed. I am sad
> that he has unilaterally decided to leave Linux-HA and fork his code into
> in a separate project.
It is not a fork; very little redundant development will take place.
> I have suspected that this was coming for a number of months, but as you
> probably have guessed, Andrew won't reply to emails I send him, or answer
> the phone when I call - except when I hide my caller id. I wish I had
> known how to fix that without him feeling he needed to leave the project.
The truth is that we've tried for years and become more and more
frustrated with each other. It may be desirable to split (not fork) the
projects so the coordination becomes easier at clearly defined project
boundaries.
> It may mean that we're in for a time of difficult coordination that I find
> hard to imagine working - because the need for coordination with a separate
> project will be higher than if it were in the same project - and
> communication and coordination was the problem in the first place.
I doubt it. We clearly have very different concepts of various aspects
of release and project management, so trying to fit them into a single
project is what caused the most friction. I fully support Andrew's
decision and agree that this can only be easier on everyone's nerves.
Some times, agreeing to disagree is the right answer, and it is about
the only one we've not tried.
> Or it may mean that we'll be looking for someone to pick up maintaining the
> CRM.
_That_ however would be a fork, because it would cause dual development.
The CRM will continue to support both stacks (heartbeat and openAIS) for
the forseeable future; there is _no need_ for anyone to "pick up"
maintaing the CRM.
It _will_ continue to be maintained, and it _will_ continue to work with
heartbeat for the forseeable future.
Users who install all packages will not notice the difference. Anything
else would be madness.
Regards,
Lars
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SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
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