Smalltalk & Squeak featured on Slashdot

danielv at netvision.net.il danielv at netvision.net.il
Sat Apr 21 09:32:56 UTC 2001


I wonder - can anyone please create a squeak-fork mailing list?
it would be devoted exclusively (and be the only appropriate place 
for) to disscussion of squeak forks that are not happening.

Discussion of actual Stable Squeak projects and achievements 
would still be appropriate to this list, IMHO.

I think that would be a worthwhile fork ... 

Daniel
"Andrew C. Greenberg" <werdna at mucow.com> wrote:
> 
> On Friday, April 20, 2001, at 09:43 AM, Paul Fernhout wrote:
> 
> > "Andrew C. Greenberg" wrote:
> >
> > The issues of why it had to happen have been outlined in numerous emails
> > on this list.
> 
> And their validity was likewise addressed.  By referring to "reasons 
> previously stated," I refuse to re-engage in an already ridiculously 
> overhashed issue.

> Nobody can stop someone who wants to write a fork.  Clearly noone can 
> stop Paul from threatening one.
> 
> The only issue is whether the exercise is detrimental to Squeak and its 
> community.  The gurus of open source have uniformly posited that there 
> should be a compelling reason for one.  Perhaps reasonable people might 
> differ on this point, but I still believe that it is ludicrous to 
> suggest that any major departure from the existing model is necessary.  
> Modularity projects may be proposed, implemented and distributed in 
> Squeak through the "ordinary course."





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