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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess I missed it. Why there was a need to fork kbin? Are there issues with it?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Kbin developer wants to focus his work on deeper technical challenges, while the Mbin developers want development to be more fast-paced with greater community involvement. Both takes are valid, but difficult to combine in one development effort.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After I posted it, I found another discussion where it looks like mbin policy is that anyone can merge anyone else's PR.

As a software developer, that actually sounds really scary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

A big advantage of more community involvement; more will get done in a shorter time

In the end it won't matter for the end user, as both projects can choose to incorporate features from the other due to the open-source nature

So the question is, do you want it working now (Mbin) or do you want it working somewhere in the future (Kbin)