I personally didn't mean any ill-will. When I first learned about CakePHP, version 1.1 was the only option. I intended to use Cake in the future. In the mean time, I knew I'd need to use email (as Jonothan Snook already stated) and the vendor() function (of 1.1) would have worked flawlessly for what I needed (in theory as I pondered how I could use Cake). I saw no need for an internal library to do an action when I could simply import another class for what was needed. If one solution already existed within Cake, would I use it? It depends...it depends on what functionality it had and what I needed. I don't mean to say that if something needed fixing and I was capable to do it that I wouldn't help, but in open source projects, that assistance usually comes about during personal need of which in this specific case (email), I just don't (personally) see the need.
I also COMPLETELY disagree with the suggestion of packaging any third party tools within Cake. This is where I would agree with Gwoo: if you think it's necessary and want something just as feature rich included within Cake, build on what's already there and submit back to the Cake project to see if it will be included in a future version (such as the Containable + Bindable solution) to help others as others have helped you. On Jun 12, 10:32 am, Gwoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to say this thread is a little disappointing. Not because it > takes a direct stab at knocking the code in the core, but rather that > it shows a spirit that is more about "taking" than it is about > "giving". I will never be ashamed to admit that something inside of > Cake is not perfect. The point is that we continue to strive for > perfection. I realize you all have applications to build...I do to. > This project is open source, where we can all benefit from the > collective efforts to improve something. You help improve the > EmailComponent today and tomorrow someone else can help improve > another aspect of the framework. By taking the "easy" way out, the > problem persists, more people are unable to work on new code, and > progress is left up to a small team of dedicated developers. This same > small team who has already provided over 1 million dollars (see Ohloh) > worth of code. Anyway, hopefully we can see people who "think" a > little about what it means to use open source software. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
