Hi! This is an official statement about Dillo project's management, by the Dillo core team (mainly core and steady developers). About project management: ------------------------- There's an interesting difference between a: "code contribution" and a "code modification". The Dillo project, as a SW project, is not simply its code base. Among others, it has a core team that defines the development plans, policies, time frames, and technical details. If a "patch" happens to be aligned with the goals and technical guidelines defined by the core team, it's regarded as a "code contribution". If it doesn't follow them, or clearly infringes them, it is a "code modification". A "code modification" doesn't belong to the project, and must be hosted and supported elsewhere. Obviously, the code modification author can try to convince the core team of the idea (with reasonable arguments, not rants nor pejorative sentences, according to our mailing list etiquette). The final decision is up to Dillo's core team, and if the patch continues to be regarded as a "code modification" it must be hosted, discussed and supported elsewhere. About the dillo-dev mailing list: --------------------------------- dillo-dev is not the standard discussion forum of the web. It has an outstanding tradition of polite and respectful communication. dillo-dev is being flooded with rude emails from "code modifiers" that not only disregard the mailing list guidelines, but also refer to the core team's work in pejorative terms. This creates a very unfriendly atmosphere which has been severely detrimental to the continued development of Dillo. This situation has led some members of the team to communicate directly with each other. This is very bad because it has resulted in a lot of messages unrelated to the project which confuse subscribers about the current direction of Dillo development. Messages which are outside the bounds defined in the guidelines at http://www.dillo.org/MList.html are ignored and will remain unanswered. We strongly urge the "code modifiers" to find their own mailing list for discussing their "code modification" ideas, and to stop violating our mailing list etiquette. Please do not post any replies to this statement on dillo-dev. If any comments about this statement are posted to dillo-dev we urge all our subscribers not to follow the thread. Sincerely, Dillo core team.