Against wastefull forks (Re: Taking Ownership of Squeak (WAS Re: Python at Disney))

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Fri Mar 9 20:04:04 UTC 2001


>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Kuckartz <a.kuckartz at dokom.net> writes:

Andreas> I do not see a "plea of dire necessity" to fork the Squeak
Andreas> project. When did SqC object to submissions of Smalltalk code
Andreas> or VM modifications which were necessary to make Squeak "an
Andreas> industrial-strength, generic problem-solving system for all
Andreas> of us" ? If they did not do that then new or improved code is
Andreas> required instead of a probably wastefull project split.

Totally agreed.  In the Perl community, when someone complains about
how Perl does something, we merely reply "patches welcome".  I think
that applies here too.

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