Hi All,
I had a conversation with Alan Pope on mastodon about fixing some issues
on the HPR website. He makes the valid point that if we don't release
the code (because it's a mess), then it's not actually open source.
https://mastodon.social/@popey/108476716097169705
Cruel but fair. Cruel
I think what you are saying is that HPR requires a full rewrite.
I think what you are proposing is that we forget that the existing code
exists, because it's not worth "saving", and instead develop new open source
code to replace it.
If that's correct, then I agree. Let's not dwell on broken
Maybe if you release it someone will clean it up. That seems like a
good outcome. I have belonged to several organizations where we had a
rule that if you complained about something an unpaid volunteer did
you were implicitly offering to take it over.
Regards,
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Kevin B. O'Brien
On 2022-06-25 19:34, Kevin O'Brien wrote:
Maybe if you release it someone will clean it up. That seems like a
good outcome.
Or someone would use an exploit to take advantage of the site and put
other sites on the server at risk.
The code is almost 17 years old and any effort to fix it would
Well, I am not smart enough to do that, hence my lack of complaining.
I'll just stay out of the way.
Regards,
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Kevin B. O'Brien
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