Hi Sean, As it stands, Charles and I don't have any plans to make any major changes to UnitTest++. It doesn't mean we won't in the future, but right now it's very stable, minimalistic, and easily portable, which were the original goals. We're planning on doing a small update and probably a change to Google Code hosting, but those are all the immediate plans right now.
Afterwards we can look at any changes in your branch and consider them on an individual basis. It's great that you're taking the initiative and making those changes public, but understand that they may never make it into the main branch, so I think renaming your project would be a good idea at this point. Finally, one thing that we're hoping to do with the 1.5 release is a slight reorganization of the code to have a "contrib" directory where people can contribute whatever changes or add-ons they want without them being folded into the main branch. I'm hoping to make it as painless as possible for people to submit and maintain their changes, so that will help whenever someone wants to submit some cool extension that we don't think fits into the core of UnitTest++. Cheers. --Noel On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Sean Farrell wrote: > Hello Noel, > > it is nice to know that the original developers of UnitTest++ still > live. I want to make a statement and want you clearly understand my > motivations behind the fork of UnitTest++. > > For starters it was never really my intention to create a full fork. I > was and am still hoping that 95% of the forked code can go into the > main (as maintained at SourceForge) code base. I am lazy and do need > an additional project on my hands. My fear was that doing nothing will > slowly dissolve the community. > > I called it UnitTest++ since it is common to keep names of dormant > projects. It is true that if we keep a true fork of the project I need > to rename it; but as I stated above I do really intend to take that > path. I am still hoping that you can integrate some or all changes of > the library. > > I was calling a 1.5 release, since it is a logical time frame for > integrating some improvements. When time would have come I would have > asked you to integrate the changes and begged you to make a release. > > I did not intent do step on your toes and I did not know that you had > plans for a new release. The question to go on and fork even if only > temporary was made in the mailing list. As developers of UnitTest++ I > assume that you did get the mail and could have stated your interest > and opinion. > > If you are serious of dedicating more time and effort into UnitTest++ > I am ready to stand down all development of UnitTest++ and give the > wheel back to it's rightful owner. If you will allow me I can take > some work of your shoulders in agreement with your guidelines. > > Nevertheless, should I feel the need to maintain the fork I will honor > your request. > > Sean > > P.S. This email was CCed to UT mailing list because it is of general interest. > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Noel Llopis <llo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Sean, >> >> I just found out that you branched UnitTest++ on Git. I think it's perfectly >> fine for people to branch from UT++ to add their own tweaks and >> modifications. That's great actually, and it's very much what we had hoped >> people would do when we created UT++. >> >> However, I see that you're still calling it UnitTest++ and are about to make >> a public 1.5 release. I've received several emails from people confused >> about it, thinking that it was the main branch of UnitTest++. >> >> Charles and I are still planning on making updates as we see it necessary to >> the UT++ codebase, and we're about to make a 1.5 release. We're still >> committed to making sure that UnitTest++ stays true to the original goals >> and philosophy behind it. So I'd like to ask you to rename the project in >> some way as to make it clear that it is *not* the original UnitTest++. It's >> fine if you want to say that it was derived from UT++, but right now it's >> too confusing. >> >> We appreciate your understanding in this issue. Let us know if you have any >> questions. >> Thanks. >> >> >> --Noel >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ unittest-cpp-devel mailing list unittest-cpp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unittest-cpp-devel
