Aaron Farr wrote: >Berin Loritsch wrote:
>>>Stephen McConnell wrote:
Before considering the subject of any transfer or endorsement there is one item that I consider to be a prerequisite responsibility that Avalon has toward it users. This item is the delivery of binary compatibility of ECM/Fortress component within the Merlin platform. Would the members your representing be willing to assist in getting this in place?
With all due respect, there would be very little reason for us to do so. How you help your users is what Avalon is about. All we are asking for is the ability to continue with the Fortress/ECM based projects as they are. They can be improved as necessary through natural processes.
Trying to make sure I understand:
The Fortress Fork Group (FFG) does not oppose development of an ECM/Fortress adaptor for Merlin, or the development of migration tools for ECM/Fortress users to Merlin, but does not promise to offer assistance in such development. That is, such development would be left up to Avalon.
Is that right?
well, ehm, I think so.........
I think the general case here is that "development of avalon is up to avalon". If people from this "FFG" would participate in development of a piece of code that lives in avalon, then that's not the "FFG" participating, its those individuals participating and being part of avalon (as individuals in a group, not as a group in a group). The "FFG" is not the group that develops the merlin platform. The group that does that is the avalon community.
On a sidenote, the goal is not a "fork" in the sense that development of two codebases occurs in parallel, we're really talking about transferring, moving, relocating, so "Fortress Fork Group" is a bit of a misnomer. If you want to put a name on things, I'll suggest "Bunch Of people with a Proposal", which can be neatly abbreviated as BOP. One of the reasons of engaging in this conversation is the hope that we can avoid a fork.
I'll summarise this hopefully not too confusing commentary as "Only avalon develops avalon, by definition. The bunch of people with a proposal do not oppose development, nor do they oppose avalon".
-- cheers,
- Leo Simons
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