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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=787463216-02072010><FONT face=Calibri>Hmm.
Here's a random thought: If we take community out of Koha, will the
software end up, as in Linux, as Koha, Offical Koha, Harley Koha (example
only), Liblime Koha (example only), PTFS Koha (example only), etc.? E.g.
Will people start asking of Koha, which distro are you using? Which flavor
of Koha do you like best?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz
[mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>vtl@scls.lib.wi.us<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 02, 2010 10:21
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Nicole Engard<BR><B>Cc:</B> koha<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Koha]
Koha releases<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Thanks for the clarification Nicole. I would further say that
"Harley" is a <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunk_%28software%29">trunk</A> not a fork
(as was once explained to me by an Evergreen developer). "Harley" is
temporary, while Koha is permanent. I don't think my vendor has implied that
"Harley" is better. They have said that it has features that are not yet
in Koha.<BR><BR>I would venture to say that we librarians are struggling with
this new terminology but we are trying our best to
understand.<BR><BR>Vicki<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Nicole Engard <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
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<DIV class=im>2010/7/2 Lori Bowen Ayre <<A
href="mailto:lori.ayre@galecia.com">lori.ayre@galecia.com</A>>:<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=im>> contracts with customers. Then, when customers insist
on developing huge<BR>> blocks of code (multiple new features), they will
know what that means --- a<BR>> much bigger cost to them because of the
gargantuan effort involved in<BR>> getting their final product back into
the community version.<BR><BR></DIV>I agree with what everyone before me has
said, the process is in<BR>place, it has been in place for years and has
worked pretty darn well.<BR> What I want us all to agree on here and now
is that there is no<BR>"community version" - there is Koha. Koha is the
official release of<BR>the software and it is developed by a community of
developers and<BR>users worldwide, but it's not the "community version" versus
"those<BR>other versions" - it's Koha and "not yet Koha" ("not yet"
because the<BR>code hasn't been integrated into the official product
yet).<BR><BR>I think this is part of why users/librarians are so confused.
They<BR>are told there is a "community version" and then a "version from
your<BR>vendor" implying that one is better than and one is less than.
The<BR>fact is that it's all software that serves a purpose and I
won't<BR>debate which is better - I just don't really want to talk about
the<BR>official version of the software - Koha - as the "community
version"<BR>anymore.<BR><BR>Just my 2 cents.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>Nicole C.
Engard<BR>
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