On 15/03/13 18:17, Henk van Lingen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:01:34AM +0100, Fulvio wrote: > >> - if the merge is technically too complicated, having both live >> separated is good. >> - deleting a free project without reason is bad. > > Hi Fulvio, > > Having various almost the same projects (scid, scidvspc, scidb, ...) > is bad. Users don't understand and don't know what to choose. And it > scatters dev-talent.
scidb claims to be a redevelopment. I'd leave it alone. > > Several people on this list already asked what you mean by 'deleting > the project'. There are lots of free software projects where version > Y is a complete rewrite of version X. What's the problem with freezing Linux 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4 were pretty much rewritten versions of prior linux kernels. as better algorithms are developed, older code is removed. Sometimes there are competing designs for the same feature: I think IBM came second in LVM for example. Faster CPUs and more CPUS in the same system have required significant rewriting. More RAM required new memory management designs, presumably removing entirely older code. > scid 4.3, let the source-tree exist, and start with 4.9 with different > sources? > > Cheers, If SCID has fewer changes than scidvspc since the fork, and since it seems Steven has already taken the best bits, there shouldn't be a lot more to be done. And anyone who's hacked on files in either should make sure they have their own copyright claims in them. If you didn't originate a file you changed, perhaps you should add other copyright claims too? If you don't know the prior authors, it's a little trickier, but perhaps attribute it to "the scid project?" -- Santa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
