[asterisk-users] no unicall on 1.4

[Lee Howard]

Anton Krall wrote:

>after all, like you said, it is open
>source..
>
>|-----Original Message-----
>|From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
>|bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Moises Silva
>
>|At the end, is open source/freesoftware, if you dont like it, nobody
>|is stopping you from change it.
>

One of the beauties of the open-source development method is certainly 
the ability for the user to modify the source code independently.

Realize, however, that the essense of that independent code modification 
is also termed as a code fork - particularly if the modified code is 
maintained long-term and especially if it is redistributed.

While I do believe that a light amount of user-experimentation-forking 
is normally to be expected and is healthy (because it generally will 
help in getting increased exposure and, in turn, flushing out bugs and 
such), if you hear the "Don't like it?  Fork." mantra too much or too 
frequently I believe that it is a sign of an unhealthy situation.  I 
hear it all of the time around here - way, way too much, I would think.

I think that a healthier scenario would be where the developers (who 
should actually be listening and care about what users feel, think, and 
want) would work with the users to find possible avenues to solutions... 
and if, indeed, a fork is the best way forward - then to do it in a way 
that is as collaborative as possible.

Lee.