[fpc-other] Fork

[Jonas Maebe]

On 22 Oct 2010, at 13:38, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> This is where I think FPC and Lazarus teams get it all wrong. Not  
> everybody
> wants to "join for life", hold hands and cuddle around the source  
> code.
> Many times I use a tool, find a bug or annoyance, fix it and  
> contribute
> back by supplying a patch and most importantly, MOVE ON.

That's fine for simple patches and such patches are normally directly  
committed to FPC. If someone wants to rewrite/restructure half the  
compiler however, then it's not fine, because such a patch can easily  
cause more work than it removes without offering enough benefits that  
offset this work.


Jonas