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[Allen Lowe <lallenlowe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mario,
I think a fork is justifiable in this situation, I support that
decision, What does everyone else think?

Allen Lowe

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Mario Guerriero <mefrio.g@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As you probably know I am working on a Vala version of Dexter using
> gnome-contacts codebase. It is something similar a fork and I want to move
> its build system to CMake as the others elementary apps but for this I need
> a very CMake expert because I don't know how to make it!
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dexter-contacts/+spec/cmake-build-system
> I know that this will broke the upstream compatibility but I don't want to
> follow the gnome-contacts developers anymore for a few reasons. The contacts
> store system is stable and it will automatically be improved at every
> release of folks with feature as the Windows Live support. Also the upstream
> dev started to follow an UI design way that I don't like, and probably the
> designers too. For example they created a dialog to add contacts but I (and
> lallenlowe) want it in-window as it is now. So Dexter will be more a fork,
> and not just a code modification.
>
> I also want to release an initial version of the project after the porting
> to CMake
>
> Best regards,
> Mario
>
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