[DVDnav-discuss] libdvdnav fork

[Roger Pack]

On 2/5/13, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik at greysector.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 05 February 2013 at 21:04, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>> On 5 Feb 2013, at 20:34, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
>> <dominik at greysector.net> wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, 05 February 2013 at 17:48, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
>> >>
>> >> As I am a bit annoyed by the lack of response and maintenance on this
>> >> project, and also because I am not happy when the programs are the
>> >> ones
>> >> pointed at when there is a crash inside this library, I am, for _now_,
>> >> forking the project on the videolan infrastructure.
>> >
>> > You could've just asked Reimar for commit access. I don't think anybody
>> > would have anything against it as you are one of the few active
>> > developers here.
>>
>> He doesn't have access? I wasn't aware.
>> If that is the problem just send me desired username and password and
>> I'll
>> set the account up.
>> Because we are now up to two forks/separate repositories with lots of
>> patches
>> in them that nobody can find via the homepage, this certainly isn't
>> progress!
>
> Jean, please follow up with Reimar and commit all bugfix patches.
> New features are fine too, as long as they don't break ABI and API.
> I don't think there were any ABI or API breaking patches floating
> around, but if there were, let's wait until the next release with
> applying them. I would take care of at least some of that, but I don't
> have too much free time these days.
>
> That reminds me we should make a new release with all those bugfixes.

So are we ok with sticking with the one mainline repository, as long
as j-b has commit rights and ability to cut new releases?  Then there
will be an active maintainer :)
-roger-