Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Anouncement: eGroupWare fork of phpGroupWare

[Patrick Walsh (mr_e)]

    *low whistle*

    I wish it hadn't come to this.



On 9/3/03 8:10 AM, "Ralf Becker" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Based on the recent events (you surely have followed on den lists) Lars
> Kneschke, Reiner Jung and I (Ralf Becker) decided to fork phpGroupWare.
> 
> We are deeply displeased and frustrated about the way the project works
> at the moment and have articulated this several times. We learned from
> the list, that not everyone shares that opinion, which is there full
> right. As we cant change the existing phpGroupWare project, we think
> that fork is necessary to create the project we want to be part of.
> 
> We want to create eGroupWare different from how phpGW is setup today:
> 
> - more open development (wiki access, cvs access, ...)
> 
> - active developers should steer the project and be encouraged to work
> (Pim Snel - the developer of iDots - is working on a document defining
> this more detailed / similar to the Debian social contract)
> 
> - relaxed license handling (these GNU fanatics are really sucking), we
> want to have a LGPL'ed API which allows to import other tool-classes
> with free licenses without relicensing / editing them
> 
> - we want to focus on a user friendly interface (java-script) and more
> on user demands
> 
> - phpGW apps should be unchanged installable as long as possible
> 
> - we want a HEAD branch, which allows to implement apps to run at least
> in the last stable release too (dont need to say, that this is important
> for sponsored / payed development)
> 
> - big steps like the XSLT-templates should be developed in a separate
> branch and merged back, and not stop the other development for ages
> 
> - we want 2-4 releases each year, with smaller improvement steps
> 
> - we will monitor the phpGW development in separate branches and merge
> interesting developments (I just finished a bot, which automatically
> imports all phpGW commits in our repository for easy merging)
> 
> - our first release will have the Version number 1.0 and will be
> released with the the announcement of the fork, probably on a big Linux
> Fair in Germany end of October 2003
> 
> ==> we want to have more fun with the development
> 
> ==> we want to make money with free software and sponsored development
> 
> Some phpGroupWare developers already joined us, some are still
> evaluating the situation or waiting if the elections will have any
> impact (which I personally about).
> 
> From my personal experience I can report, motivation and spirit in
> eGroupWare are really high and it's again a pleasure to code :-)
> 
> Our best wishes for our old project phpGroupWare
> 
> Ralf Becker
> Reiner Jung
> Lars Knechke
> Pim Snel
> 
> http://www.eGroupWare.org for a demo or downloads (more to come)