From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:07:42 +0100

On 12/15/2011 02:50 AM, Boris Gjenero wrote:
> If developers want to retain HWCODEC support in the trunk, I can't
> complain about that. However, if the latest version is not the best
> choice, users should be told that. Also, in that case, the older version
> they're directed to should at least get bug fixes. That's the essence of
> my argument for a fork.

I agree that forking is the way to go. I think maybe "Rockbox Legacy"
could be a proper name for it. We should strive to backport bug fixes to
the legacy fork, but that more or less requires an active maintainer.
Any volunteers?

Linus
Received on 2011-12-15