Hi, zyx <z...@litepdf.cz> wrote on Mo, 01.02.2016: > On Sun, 2016-01-31 at 23:58 +0000, Matthew Brincke wrote: > > I read your other e-mail about a build error, AFAIK I have corrected it with > > the patch attached to this e-mail to be applied in addition to the both > > parts. > > Hi, > your message is not properly threaded, I wasn't sure you talk to me > until I read it to the very bottom. Also because other users claimed > build errors in various environments recently. > > - zyx maintains a product based on PoDoFo himself so I suspect why he acts > > like this > > Heh. > Should I take this personally? I do not mind myself, as the litePDF > maintainer, I do
no, please don't. I apologize for the suspicion and recant it (take it back). > not expect any massive changes being needed in the litePDF project, because > its main aim is drawing. Good to read that :-). So I hope that you say -1 when asked by the project leadership about it (I'd like to persuade them). > I wrote both reasons in the initial email. I can repeat them here again, in a > more verbose way, if it'll help: > > 1) API change *in any* project is a pita, especially when the API change > doesn't bring anything new, > when it's just a cleanup of function names and similar "boring" changes. Orthography isn't boring for me, but very important. > > 2) I am *not* a maintainer of PoDoFo. The only reason why I have commit > rights to this project is > that I did upstream my changes in the PoDoFo drawing API. It was an API > change and it allowed > PoDoFo to have a more generic drawing API, following PDF specification > closely. I believe that > drawing API change was a pita for existing users too, but again, it was a > good change and brought > many good things for the drawing. Thus, as I am *not* the maintainer, it's > not my duty to decide whether > any API change can be done or not. Ah, very interesting. I hope to find something with which to earn PoDoFo committership, too. I'd like to get the leadership's (positive) attention on my patches. > Honestly, I do not know why I take care of patches to PoDoFo from this list > for the past several years. > I just want to return back something to the community of PoDoFo, the same > reason why I did upstream '> my drawing API changes. To let people benefit from the Open Source project. To get PoDoFo (back?) to greatness (for me, orthography is a big part of it, cf. also my doc contributions) for the benefit of its community is also my reason for contributing. > Thus no, this is not a selfish decision from my side. It's only a historical > experience as a developer and > a user of several libraries. I understand the explanation (I'm also not really enthused if there are too many incompatible releases of some library ;-) (it raises confusion IMO)). I hope you accept my apologies. > Bye, > zyx > > -- > > http://www.litePDF.cz i...@litepdf.cz Best regards, mabri _______________________________________________ Podofo-users mailing list Podofo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Podofo-users mailing list Podofo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users
