Re: [Gimp-user] Time to fork BABL and GEGL

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 11/09/2014 02:56 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> 09 нояб. 2014 г. 6:28 пользователь "billn" <forums gimpusers com> написал:
> > Time to fork off BABL and GEGL. Forking was good for Openoffice.
> LIbreoffice is
> > kicking tail. Developers who want to turn out a good product in a timely
> manner
> > and other programmers who want to wait 3-5 years for small improvements.
> LOL

> I'm not sure if it was meant as sarcasm or if it was serious. However, if
> you are not personally prepared to maintain a develop fork, you might
> reconsider publicly suggesting something that makes sense so little that
> you'd need a microscope to  expertly deal with it.
>
> The topic of forking the libraries was born out of miscommunication. Could
> we please finally bury this?

I agree with Alexandre. If I really do understand what Jon Nordby is 
saying (see 
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list/2014-November/msg00018.html 
and 
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list/2014-November/msg00023.html), 
and if the other babl/GEGL/GIMP developers really are in agreement with 
Jon Nordby (the babl roadmap leaves room for differing interpretations), 
then there is no reason whatsoever for further discussion of forking 
babl and GEGL to benefit GIMP.