[fpc-other] Fork

[Adem]

On 2010-10-22 01:23, Henry Vermaak wrote:
> 2010/10/21 Adem<listmember at letterboxes.org>:
>> On 2010-10-21 23:47, Florian Kl=E4mpfl wrote:
>>
>> This is wrong. If a big change promises significant advantages for FPC
>> users, it will be done.
>>
>> The qualifier 'significant' (above and below) is far too subjective
>> sometimes to even have a hope of arriving at a common ground.
>>
>> But, I'll take my chaces and point at DoDi's alternative parsers proposa=
l.
>>
>> To me, it does sound like quite a significant advantage.
> Oh wow, so you want to change the parser because it "sounds" nice to you?

You didn't read Florian's post; did you?

Let me copy&paste the relevant bit here:

"If a big change *promises* significant advantages for FPC users, it =

will be done."

Did you notice the word 'promises'?

> Seriously, if this work was done more co-operatively with the fpc team, i=
t may have made it.  But I think it is too ambitious in the first place.  S=
ome people maintain patch quilts for ages before it makes it into the kerne=
l, for example.

You make it sound like some of those religious orders where you have to =

spend years of your life... just to prove your piety.

Meritocracy out, monasticism in? :)

-- =

Cheers,

Adem

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