[GRASS-dev] GRASS 7 development started

[Glynn Clements]

Moritz Lennert wrote:

> > Hamish:
> >>>> Any thoughts on keeping the inter-branch svn merge
> >>>> effort low?
> > 
> > Glynn:
> >>> Don't merge?
> >>>
> >>> Eventually, 7.x and 6.x are going to diverge by more
> >>> than just formatting.
> > 
> > but forking isn't a very nice solution.

Nice or not, it's inevitable.

> Could you elaborate on why you fear forking here ? We are planning a 
> quite radical revamp of the code, so by definition the versions will be 
> incompatible at one stage. But I wouldn't call this "forking" ?

It isn't "forking" insofar as 6.x is nearing the end of its lifespan. 
It's normally only considered a fork if both versions will persist
indefinitely.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>