Re: MACFORGE request for a project
Re: MACFORGE request for a project
- Subject: Re: MACFORGE request for a project
- From: Kevin Van Vechten <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:33:38 -0700
On Aug 28, 2006, at 5:34 AM, almisr wrote:
i would like to open a " K&R removal " project
( Source Clean up ) aka Normalisé
where/who ?
Project requests should be directed to email@hidden.
(Nitpick: it's Mac OS Forge; MacForge is something entirely different.)
I realize there's presently no clear "mission statement" for Mac OS
Forge. We hope to post something soon, but it's something we're
still working out ourselves. However, we do feel strongly that all
projects hosted there must "live there." Forking an open source
project is not something that should be done lightly. Unless Mac OS
Forge is the authoritative source for a project, it's likely not
going to be a good fit.
In this spirit of not forking open source projects, Apple is actively
trying to eliminate the divergences in our sources from the
"upstream" sources (in this case, FreeBSD). If you'd like to see
"K&R removal" or other source normalization in Mac OS X, I strongly
recommend contributing those changes to the FreeBSD project
directly. Apple will then likely pick up those changes in a future
synch. The alternative of a Mac OS Forge project for this purpose
would add another layer of indirection in getting the patches
accepted, and increase code divergence in the meantime.
- Kevin
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