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Right below your comment was another comment that started with, "The truth is that a fork hurts everyone." So, which is it?
by waynesonfire 3y ago
Right below your comment was another comment that started with,
"The truth is that a fork hurts everyone."
So, which is it?
- lmm 3y agoCurrently forks are painful, because they aren't normalized i.e. our tools and workflows don't expect them. I'm saying rather than discouraging forks we should adapt our tools and workflows to expect them.
- ericb 3y agoSure, tooling could be better. But the real work is all the hard work that goes into a fork. I've watched open forks die all the time--all it takes is no one to step up and do/pay for the work, which is basically the default, because it is in everyone's interest if someone else is the one to do that. I think that's really the crux of the problem--there are plenty of folks willing to maintain software for money, and a whole lot of people who'd rather it not cost money and if it does, not their money. If the tooling is better, who is going to maintain this?