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I prefer VSCodium builds over proprietary Microsoft ones any day of the week, but: > This is not a fork. This is a repository of scripts to automatically bu
by doodlesdev 3y ago
I prefer VSCodium builds over proprietary Microsoft ones any day of the week, but:
> This is not a fork. This is a repository of scripts to automatically build Microsoft's vscode repository into freely-licensed binaries with a community-driven default configuration
- lapser 3y agoThere's nothing wrong with that. VSCode will certainly have a lot more development that a fork would ever see. So the best thing to do here is simply build VSCode with all proprietary stuff removed.
- hospitalJail 3y agoThe plugins are the real value, and those are built behind the M$ fortress.
- BearOso 3y agoClangd and rust-analyzer plugins aren't made by MS. Python has a couple separate ones, one of which the official Microsoft plugin uses. I think the only language needing a MS plugin is TypeScript, which is a MS language anyway.
- tredre3 3y agoThis is the correct way to go about it imho. A real hard fork would inevitably fall behind upstream and the project will eventually be abandoned. Theia[1] is a bit closer to a hard fork. They even try very hard to avoid saying outright they're just a rebranded VS Code, using euphemism such as "Theia embraces many of the design decisions [of VS Code] and even directly supports VS Code extensions." 1. https://theia-ide.org/ https://theia-ide.org/