Re: Porting to different architectures

Alan Cox
2006-07-31T21:44:15Z

Ar Llu, 2006-07-31 am 21:47 +0200, ysgrifennodd Javier Sedano:
> Hi,
>
> Richard Wallman wrote:
> >
> > There doesn't seem to be any of the project admins (the ones with the
> > CVS SSH key) awake ATM - I was going to see if I could get a copy of the
> > key so that *someone* could commit changes! Failing that, I would
> > (reluctantly) have to fork the project just to keep things moving.
> >
>
> I think there is a (slow, painful, bureaucratic) mechanism to retake
> abandoned projects. If you really want to do it, mail the sourceforge
> team to look for a solution.

If you plan to use it as the basis for a new OS for something else I
would fork it. The existing project is as good as dead and it's probably
easier to just turn it into what you need than worry about breaking the
existing code.

Alan