On 2015-06-11 03:40, François Bissey wrote:
* fork upstream and keep it as a separate package but
no one really wants to be the maintainer.
If it's decided that we are allowed to fork polybori, can this be
applied to other packages too?
I have often been frustrated in Sage by people complain
Hi,
Le 11/06/2015 10:28, Jeroen Demeyer a écrit :
On 2015-06-11 03:40, François Bissey wrote:
* fork upstream and keep it as a separate package but
no one really wants to be the maintainer.
If it's decided that we are allowed to fork polybori, can this be
applied to other packages too?
I hav
I am only proposing to fork a package with a dead upstream. I wouldn’t do it
with a live one. Nevertheless I understand that it makes me look like I am
saying two contradictory things at the same time.
To be clear with a rant of my own. If you fork a live project you’ll have to
live
with the div
Upstream being dead, the only alternative to forking is to live forever
with a fixed version. That might work for the moment, but eventually we
will find issues with newer compilers, or newer version of the libraries it
deppends on, or the newer version of python And at that point forking
On 2015-06-11 10:31, Julien Puydt wrote:
Open software is about cooperation.
Of course. The question is: what should we do if upstream does not want
to cooperate? I don't want to call names in this thread, but I have
proposed patches to many upstream projects which are part of Sage
(usually th
> On 12/06/2015, at 21:18, Jeroen Demeyer wrote:
>
> On 2015-06-11 10:31, Julien Puydt wrote:
>> Open software is about cooperation.
> Of course. The question is: what should we do if upstream does not want to
> cooperate? I don't want to call names in this thread, but I have proposed
> patche
Hi,
Le 12/06/2015 11:18, Jeroen Demeyer a écrit :
On 2015-06-11 10:31, Julien Puydt wrote:
Open software is about cooperation.
Of course. The question is: what should we do if upstream does not want
to cooperate? I don't want to call names in this thread, but I have
proposed patches to many up
On 2015-06-12 14:32, Julien Puydt wrote:
Nothing will slow development down like dozens of forked packages to
maintain, especially if upstreams consider you hostile.
If you mean "forking" in the serious sense, you're probably right.
If you mean "forking" as in "add a few patches", then you're
2015-06-12 6:18 GMT-03:00 Jeroen Demeyer :
> On 2015-06-11 10:31, Julien Puydt wrote:
>>
>> Open software is about cooperation.
>
> Of course. The question is: what should we do if upstream does not want to
> cooperate? I don't want to call names in this thread, but I have proposed
> patches to man
