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On Tue, 1 Sep 2015, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
>> Thanx, these were all clear to me. Having the stuff in mainline is one of
>> the local optimums. There are other local optimums, tho. And there are
>> suboptimal points that combine the drawbacks of different solutions, like
>> git + not having the stuff merged in mainline.
>>
>> Before I make my decision, I really want to see the chances of getting an
>> optimal solution vs. wasting time. This why I want to see, before I start
>> in any direction, whether my ideas are backed up by mainline maintainers.
>
> I won't try to argue against using a local repo for local work; that's
> kinda the whole point of git.  My argument is that, given a choice
> between github and gedaproject for upstreaming geda-related stuff, you
> should choose gedaproject, even for stuff you know won't get
> mainlined.  Why?  A centralized location for "all things geda" makes
> it easy for others to find geda-related things.

Honestly, github and local git repo is not what I was considering. I am 
trying to decide between "svn and I do the stuff without having to worry" 
and "git, let a contributor do it and hope it will get merged".

Thus I really need to get some feedback from the maintainers on the last 
part.

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