
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body >Hi!<br>This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;call&nbsp;to&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;4.x&nbsp;private&nbsp;development&nbsp;owners.<br><br>Many&nbsp;of&nbsp;you&nbsp;would&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;working&nbsp;on&nbsp;your&nbsp;own&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;as&nbsp;you&nbsp;would&nbsp;have&nbsp;<br>customized&nbsp;it&nbsp;to&nbsp;your&nbsp;own&nbsp;needs.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;call&nbsp;for&nbsp;those&nbsp;guys.<br><br>The&nbsp;intent&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;aggregate&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;common&nbsp;features&nbsp;that&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;built&nbsp;and&nbsp;have&nbsp;them<br>&nbsp;integrated&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;core&nbsp;codebase.&nbsp;The&nbsp;integration&nbsp;might&nbsp;happen&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;4.2.x&nbsp;branch<br>&nbsp;or&nbsp;even&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;5.x&nbsp;branch&nbsp;as&nbsp;needed&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;community.<br><br>Pros:<br><br>By&nbsp;doing&nbsp;the&nbsp;above,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;in&nbsp;sync&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;latest&nbsp;and&nbsp;greatest&nbsp;developments<br>&nbsp;happening&nbsp;on&nbsp;vtiger.&nbsp;I&nbsp;understand&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;current&nbsp;vtigercrm-5.x&nbsp;code&nbsp;base&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;that&nbsp;easy&nbsp;a&nbsp;<br>read&nbsp;as&nbsp;one&nbsp;would&nbsp;think&nbsp;of&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;working&nbsp;on&nbsp;it.&nbsp;Yesterday&nbsp;we&nbsp;had&nbsp;comments&nbsp;about&nbsp;the<br>&nbsp;code&nbsp;not&nbsp;being&nbsp;properly&nbsp;commented,&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;working&nbsp;on&nbsp;that&nbsp;right&nbsp;now&nbsp;even&nbsp;as&nbsp;I&nbsp;type&nbsp;this&nbsp;post.&nbsp;<br>So,&nbsp;the&nbsp;idea&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;conveying&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;not&nbsp;perfect&nbsp;but&nbsp;are&nbsp;listening&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;comments&nbsp;and&nbsp;<br>taking&nbsp;actions&nbsp;too.&nbsp;Hence,&nbsp;please&nbsp;do&nbsp;keep&nbsp;the&nbsp;faith.<br><br>Cons:<br><br>By&nbsp;maintaining&nbsp;your&nbsp;own&nbsp;code&nbsp;bases,&nbsp;you&nbsp;lose&nbsp;out&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;community&nbsp;benefits&nbsp;like<br>&nbsp;identifying&nbsp;bugs,&nbsp;feature&nbsp;integration,&nbsp;new&nbsp;ideas,&nbsp;etc.<br><br>We&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;your&nbsp;contributions.&nbsp;<br><br>Yes,&nbsp;there&nbsp;was&nbsp;a&nbsp;time&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;past&nbsp;when&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;decidedly&nbsp;introvert&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;suffered.&nbsp;I&nbsp;realise&nbsp;<br>the&nbsp;folly.&nbsp;Let&nbsp;us&nbsp;get&nbsp;on&nbsp;with&nbsp;it&nbsp;and&nbsp;make&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;a&nbsp;success.&nbsp;<br>I&nbsp;have&nbsp;learnt&nbsp;from&nbsp;my&nbsp;past&nbsp;mistakes.&nbsp;Join&nbsp;the&nbsp;team,&nbsp;come&nbsp;on&nbsp;board.<br><br>Richie<br></body></html>