Re:Typesafe’s Commitment to the Scala Ecosystem
by DCKing on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @07:50AM
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> Scala.js is not a fork
My comment is more of a response to the original Typelevel fork announcement, which specifically mentioned Scala.js as evidence that their fork wouldn't do much harm. It's a pretty bad argument they're making in the first place, but it's even worse given that Scala.js is not a fork.
> On dividing the community, well, that's always the nature of open-source, but it's a virtue - after all, the ability to fork is a prerequisite for joining.
Yes, forkability of a project is a virtue on its own. But the act of forking a project is not necessarily virtuous, which is why I have my doubts on this.
I hope they hold true to their promises. It would be a shame if Shapeless' focus would leave Typesafe's Scala behind (intentional or not), which seems a plausible consequence.
My comment is more of a response to the original Typelevel fork announcement, which specifically mentioned Scala.js as evidence that their fork wouldn't do much harm. It's a pretty bad argument they're making in the first place, but it's even worse given that Scala.js is not a fork.
> On dividing the community, well, that's always the nature of open-source, but it's a virtue - after all, the ability to fork is a prerequisite for joining.
Yes, forkability of a project is a virtue on its own. But the act of forking a project is not necessarily virtuous, which is why I have my doubts on this.
I hope they hold true to their promises. It would be a shame if Shapeless' focus would leave Typesafe's Scala behind (intentional or not), which seems a plausible consequence.