It seems, from reading comments so far, that some are in favor of a foundation and some are not. Many ideas have been shared to the listserv and our initial proposal remains on the wiki. As a stake holders in this -- LibLime remains interested in compromise; is it possible that a mutually acceptable set of conditions can be developed among us all? Is discussing the options in person - in 10 days - the most logical next step? Is talking with us / working on this topic something that interested parties are willing and able to do at KohaCon? Amy De Groff adegroff@ptfs.com On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:29 PM, <david@lang.hm> wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010, Nicole Engard wrote:
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 4:18 PM, <david@lang.hm> wrote:
David,
nothing but opinions on the mailing list. I do realize that for some people that means that my opinions are worthless and I should be ignored. I hope that this is not the type of project that takes that attitude.
All opinions matter and add to the discussion.
thank you.
Right now I would not reccomend anyone deploy Koha until some of this stuff gets settled (being decided in any direction would be better than the current limbo), and then depending on what the decisions are, how much bad blood is formed in the fighting, etc I will then decide if the result is something I'm willing to spend my time on.
Koha is "settled", the software is being used worldwide successfully. Not recommending it because of internal discussions of governance seems a bit odd to me. I pick my software based on whether it does what I need it to do and whether there is support (now and in the future).
from the outside it sure doesn't look 'settled', the issues of governance (and more precisely, arguments over such issues) directly involve the probability of the product being viable in the future.
there are other projects that I have selected alternatives to based on my opinion on the project management and how likely they are to fragment, get tied up in political infighting instead of development, or have their first question to anyone making a suggestion/change request being "if you haven't contributed code, you don't matter" (or attitudes too far in that direction). Right now Koha is appearing unsettled enough that I'm leery of it, but not so crazy that I silently walk away.
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