At the moment there is an ongoing consolidation of the dotProject framework. A number of contributors have decided to establish a forked project fitting their needs diverging from ours. Whilst I think that this is a reasonable and congruous decision – and wish them success – I’m a little bit unhappy about the drop of nice people. The old and new core developers will continue to considerably rework the dotProject framework on the road to the upcoming 3.0 release. This comes along with a number of necessary and important infrastructure changes. I look forward to a better dotProject!

I currently receive a considerable number of [upstream] patches for dotProject or related fields. Unfortunately some of these important contributions cannot (at least not easily) be adopted because theyare built against outdated files or not reflecting the core product’s purposes or targets or are inconsistent with present code.
I am really willing to add your contributions, but I have one entreaty: It is always a good idea discussing the aimed changes with the responsible developers in advance. I’ll be happy to give you the necessary hints, advices and guide you through the contribution process. Thank you very much for your comprehension.