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Why? Maintaining a fork is pretty trivial so long as you don't deviate so far from upstream that it's hard to pull in upstream changes. Every time I use a libr
by malandrew 13y ago
Why? Maintaining a fork is pretty trivial so long as you don't deviate so far from upstream that it's hard to pull in upstream changes.
Every time I use a library and need to make changes that are unlikely to be accepted upstream, I just fork it and update it as necessary. If upstream adopts features that solve my original need, I kill the fork and use the original project.
- stormbrew 13y agoObviously there are scales at which this makes sense, but all situations are not equal. Mesa is not a small project and in the long run it will probably change a lot and in unpredictable ways. Even then, though, sometimes even a small effort is not worth it.