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So, forking is pretty much the only way to do proper code cleanup in a timely fashion, right? If you don't, people still clamor for legacy support and bug-for-
by angersock 11y ago
So, forking is pretty much the only way to do proper code cleanup in a timely fashion, right?
If you don't, people still clamor for legacy support and bug-for-bug compatibility. A fork is the only way of truly signalling "We aren't going to support our old mistakes anymore."
New features don't need forks, but cleaning up raging stupid and cruft does.
- neoCrimeLabs 11y agoIMHO, there is a time an place for everything. Sometimes forking is a good idea sometimes not. When you want to make idealogcal changes to an existing codebase that does not mesh with the idealologies of the maintainer(s), forking is a great way to make your changes happen. Time will tell if your ideas were good ones. That and how well your maintain and promote your fork. :-) In the case of OpenSSL vs LibreSSL, it appears the OpenBSD team made a great call and they are making it work really well. As for if anyone else agrees and adopts it, only time will tell.