Re: Result: Logo for the 10th anniversary - request for approval

Am Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:33:35 +0200
schrieb Thorsten Behrens <[email protected]>:

> > A foundation per se is a great thing, but when there are two source
> > code repositories and two final products then "this project" is
> > either schizophrenic or it is actually two projects. And being
> > schizophrenic is not a healthy state of mind.
> > 
> Then OOo 3.2.1, 3.2 etc. are forks, too?
No, because they get contributed to the main development codeline
(aka DEV300).

> And surely, in this day and  age, we have at least as many source
> code repositories as there are active developers in the project - as
> with DSCMs, everyone has his local clone anyway. I find the attempt
> to argue on the grounds of technicalities rather ironic, when, in
> reality, all this is about is community.
Which is not a problem at all as long as these repositories can freely
interchange their code. With diverting codelines that will be very hard
for a huge project as is OOo.

> > If do want not contribute to that under the current conditions 
> > there are only two mutually exclusive choices: Either try to 
> > change the conditions in the existing project or start your own.
> >
> Quite. Currently we're trying to change the conditions with, and
> within, the existing project. You argue we are not entitled to do
> so, and I wonder where that authority comes from.
I am not saying you are not entitled to do so. I am saying, and that is
just a personal opinion, that trying to change the conditions in the
project is getting harder when you are creating an incompatible branch
at the same time.

Best Regards,

Bjoern


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