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Re:Nobody's just reading your code by sanxiyn on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @03:48AM (#16472013)
Forking is perfectly doable. Rust project forks LLVM, adds patches, and forward ports them when upgrading LLVM version. It's manageable.
Re:Nobody's just reading your code by taeric on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @10:58AM (#16474557)
If you are a large enough team, definitely. And not just in people, but in momentum.

That is, yes, it can be done. It is more work, though. Account for it.