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Maybe nobody says that exact thing, but people do often say things like “if you don’t like it you can fork it”, as a way of shutting down discussions.
by zen21 4y ago
Maybe nobody says that exact thing, but people do often say things like “if you don’t like it you can fork it”, as a way of shutting down discussions.
- worthless-trash 4y agoI had never thought that the "you can always fork it" as a way of shutting down discussion. I maintain forks that are frequently rebased on main/master with a few users. I have even suggested this as an action to people who wanted different features that I was not capable of maintaining.
- zen21 4y agoFor sure. And presumably those projects are ones in which maintaining a fork is practical. I have both forked and suggested forking. However for many projects ‘just fork it’ is not a good faith suggestion, so it can’t be a blanket answer that applies to all FOSS.