On 11/04/2021 17:06, Jonathan Wakely via Gcc wrote: > On Sun, 11 Apr 2021, 15:26 Richard Sandiford via Gcc, <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
>> >> FWIW, again speaking personally, I would be in favour of joining a fork.[*] >> > > Glad to hear it :-) > > I will be forking, alone if necessary, but I've already been told by a few > people I won't be alone. > The big problem with a fork, rather than an amiable split (where FSF/GNU accepts that gcc wants to be a separate project) is the name. If the FSF keep their own "gcc" project, then calling the new fork "gcc" as well would cause confusion. And calling it something else would also confuse people - many would use the FSF gcc because of its name, not realising that there is a better fork. You can see that in the OpenOffice / LibreOffice split - I think a large proportion of people downloading OpenOffice do so without realising that LibreOffice exists and is way ahead of it on features. A fork may be unavoidable in the end, but a more diplomatic change of structure would have many advantages if it can be achieved.
