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From:	"Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 3:08 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de> wrote:
> DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>> Arguing over how forky a fork is is, well, petty.  Igor2 is doing
>> something different with the code, fine.  He's also still involved
>> with us, fine.  Why is this a problem?
>
> He presented his project as "a _proper_ fork" (underline in the
> original).

Why can't he have a fork, be a member of the community, and try to
make his fork something people anti-fork back into the mainline.

>> It's no different than every
>> git branch we create being a "fork" that may or may not get merged,
>> other than irrelevent mechanics and probabilities.
>
> Igor consistently declares to have no intentions to merge his changes
> back to main line geda. Creators of feature branches typically are
> motivated by the prospect to have their feature merged. To me this
> represents the difference between a fork and a temporary side step.

What is wrong with wanting to code in a way that might be useful to
the community while not wanting to fight endlessly over what is worthy
to join the mainline?

> ---<)kaimartin(>---
>



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