On 15/12/10 02:20, Dean Michael Berris wrote:
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Mateusz Loskot<mateusz@loskot.net> wrote:
Hi, I will only refer to complain on the slow SOCI release schedule. So, instead of deciding to join an existing project, which N.B. you have used with some degree of success, and help to speed its release process, help with fixing bugs and propose to add features you are missing, you decide to fork it, tweak it and release it.
I'm not sure but is CppDB a fork of SOCI?
It is not a direct fork of code. I believe I explained it in my reply to Artyom's post.
This is not how FOSS works to make a project healthy and sustainale in long term. Your observable disappointment about software here makes me asking, what's next? Boost libraries forked?
Well... actually... forks are a valid means of diversification in FOSS projects.
Technically and formally valid, but not necessarily valid in terms of sustainability. Thinking in terms of r/K selection theory, which one would be better for FOSS (assuming no funds).
About Boost Libraries being forked, I don't think that's inherently a bad idea -- especially since there's already a number of Boost libraries that seem "unmaintained".
Forking never solves maintenance problems, but introduces new ones.
The only issue I see with forking Boost libraries at this time is the infrastructure used to host the code; SVN wasn't meant to encourage forking compared to say how Git or Mercurial allow forking to be as trivial as branching and merging. I'll leave my comment on SVN at that at risk of inciting the SCM debate yet again. ;)
Forking projects is not the same as forking in Git (like at github). Forking a project is similar to this story: Caesar of Rome says: this city stinks, is dirty, unhealthy, it sucks. let's leave it and make new Rome v2 in south-west. I joined this thread because I could not understand the sociological aspect of this decision. Perhaps it's me and nowadays more folks consider it easier to quit a job than to work out a compromise :-) I honestly wish Artyom good luck. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org