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Golang doesn't have an alternative ownership structure. Kotlin doesn't have an alternative ownership structure. Why is it important for dart and flutter? This f
by surajrmal 2y ago
Golang doesn't have an alternative ownership structure. Kotlin doesn't have an alternative ownership structure. Why is it important for dart and flutter? This feels like moving goal posts.
If there were major other entities seeking to participate in its development and advancement I could see a reason to change things, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
- vineyardmike 2y agoFirst, I was defending Dart/Flutters ownership structure - Google's support seems weak, but many other companies are taking a stronger interest in the ecosystem, so that's encouraging to it's long-term future. Meanwhile, Google seems to be turning to non-flutter tools in their approach to cross-platform development, so it is questionable how much support Google will give it long-term, as their needs change. I think that Google should explicitly encourage and support the ecosystem by moving key tooling to a third party foundation, even if staffed by their employees - eg. the pub.dev package manager could be maintained independently and get a team dedicated to it. Google would be then free to drop support, or change direction, without dragging this great ecosystem down to stagnate. Golang/Kotlin are seeing strong, and continued, support amongst their owners, and their support isn't questioned. That said, many people have questioned the direction of Golang because the only maintainers are Google employees, and they don't listen to much outside opinions for direction.