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Are there any Haiku fork yet?

• azinman2 5y ago
  To do what?
  • rfraile 5y ago
    Because in that moment it’ll have a great amount of relevance
    • detaro 5y ago
      What moment?
    • yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
      Humor me; when has that happened? Off the top of my head - Open Office is still dead, netbsd and openbsd are both fine but I don't think the fork played into that, neovim gave vim a kick but they'd stagnated and Haiku hasn't... actually, that's a trend; forks help when the original has stalled, but Haiku is healthy and happy to take contributions.
• yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  Why would somebody fork Haiku? A full fork is unlikely to happen unless there's really significant technical or cultural differences that can't be resolved within a single code base and community.
• dleslie 5y ago
  There was a short-lived fork _years_ ago that used the Linux kernel instead of Haiku's kernel. I don't even think the fork was made publicly available due to the community backlash.
  • tentacleuno 5y ago
    Community backlash? Could you explain more? I have never heard of this before, and I am unsure why the Linux kernel would be the source of controversy as you describe it.
    • dleslie 5y ago
      It's been ages, so my memory is hazy. IIRC, this is the thread that spawned the issue: https://www.freelists.org/post/haiku-development/Whats-the-status-of-Haiku https://www.freelists.org/post/haiku-development/Whats-the-s... Backlash might have been a strong word to use. Concern might be better fitting.