Mario, I think a fork is justifiable in this situation, I support that decision, What does everyone else think?
Allen Lowe On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Mario Guerriero <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > As you probably know I am working on a Vala version of Dexter using > gnome-contacts codebase. It is something similar a fork and I want to move > its build system to CMake as the others elementary apps but for this I need > a very CMake expert because I don't know how to make it! > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dexter-contacts/+spec/cmake-build-system > I know that this will broke the upstream compatibility but I don't want to > follow the gnome-contacts developers anymore for a few reasons. The contacts > store system is stable and it will automatically be improved at every > release of folks with feature as the Windows Live support. Also the upstream > dev started to follow an UI design way that I don't like, and probably the > designers too. For example they created a dialog to add contacts but I (and > lallenlowe) want it in-window as it is now. So Dexter will be more a fork, > and not just a code modification. > > I also want to release an initial version of the project after the porting > to CMake > > Best regards, > Mario > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
