On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 09:36:04AM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: > On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 06:41:19AM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > > * Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070703 01:32]: > > > I don't have a strong opinion either way (as long as we don't have > > > _forks_ of code for v1 and v2, which is why we now use svn:externals). > > > > I like the way doing the forks as they really allow us to progress with > > new code while leaving old code intact. > > It may make sense for LinuxBIOS to "fork" as in "we don't modify v2 but > start fresh with v3" from time to time when really big changes are needed. > > It does not make sense for common, independant utilities such as > flashrom. Flashrom works with v1, v2, and v3. Why should we fork it for > every version?
Plus, flashrom has its uses outside linuxbios too. It's quite a few orders of magnitude harder to provide linuxbios support than it is to provide flashrom support for any board out there. Luc Verhaegen. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
