Hi again, On 03/20/2017 07:43 AM, Christian Seiler wrote: > And while that shouldn't be part of the package description later on, > a short comment in the ITP why a fork was required would also be nice. > Did the original project just not want to merge this? What's the use > case for these changes that can't be supported by the original?
I've done some digging in the mailing list for the original upstream project and found this thread: https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/2017-February/thread.html#2728 Specifically take a look at this message from the author of the original tool: https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/2017-February/002799.html The fork appears to have happened after that, but wasn't mentioned at all on the upstream mailing list. I haven't looked at the changes specifically, so I can't comment on the issue of code quality at all, but that a relatively new user [1] forks the entire project immediately after being shot down a bit for a patch series (where the response was maybe a bit harsh, but not entirely negative) doesn't instill me with a lot of confidence in the fork, especially since the author of the fork hasn't mentioned any specific use case why the changed functionality is needed at all, as far as I can tell. (And making --help show extensions was something that devs of the original project were interested in including regardless.) Just my 2ยข. Regards, Christian [1] https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/2017-January/002664.html
