[sword-devel] Help with CzeCEP update (av11n)

[DM Smith]

> On Mar 10, 2016, at 8:57 AM, Karl Kleinpaste <karl at kleinpaste.org> wrote:
> 
> On 03/10/2016 02:58 AM, Matěj Cepl wrote:
>> On 2016-03-10, 04:52 GMT, Peter von Kaehne wrote:
>>> A module created this way would not be accepted for new import.
>> Sorry, which way? What’s wrong? Do you mean, because of using 
>> mod2imp? I will gladly use any better sources I will be pointed 
>> to, or contact the module maintainer, but I am afraid there is 
>> none and nobody.
> It is absurdity of the first order that two facts are combined, first, that there isn't locally-maintained access to a module source, and second, that the loss of the remote source means that the module can never be repaired or updated.  Essentially, "you don't have it now, and you can't have it again.  Ever."
> 
> Matěj, if you wish, and can make your fix by whatever means, let me get a copy and it will go into Xiphos repo within a day.
> 
> This kind of situation is exactly why I started my own repo in 2007 (now known as the Xiphos repo)... because there are far too many situations where forward progress becomes impossible, from simple catatonia of module management lasting literally years, to policy catch-22, to desire not to be hamstrung by procedure.

Let’s not go there yet. I’m trying to hammer out policy changes that hamper module updates. Stay tuned. It shouldn’t be much longer.

One thing that has not changed is our mission is Kingdom focused. We need to keep that in mind as we go forward.

In Him,
	DM Smith

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