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[Cody Garver <codygarver@xxxxxxxxx>]

As you and I heard from Xapantu the other day, he does not have the time to
maintain upstream compatibility. He was the only one interested/investing
in the relationship. Our only option now is to break the relationship and
do what we have to to produce the best project we can.

Thanks for bring this up.

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Mario Guerriero <mefrio.g@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think that currently our biggest problem is to find a solution for the
> developing process of pantheon-files. Let me to explain it better.
>
> When we started to develop Files we decided to follow Marlin's development
> and merge our file manager with all new code from the ammonkey's one but
> now the compatibility is broken. Previously we was able to merge them
> easily, without any addictional working, but now, after merging them, Files
> needs a lot of changing to resolve all the conflicts which could destroy
> all our work on it. I think that if we want to continue to have our good
> file manager there are two possible solutions:
>
>    1. We can ask ammonkey to get back (again?) but it won't be realized
>    for sure.
>    2. We can switch to Marlin for Luna.
>    3. We can break all the relationships between Marlin and Files code
>    and continue our development alone
>
> I think that the best proposal is the last one, even if we don't have a
> lot of manpower.
>
> This question should be solved before the beta release so please let me to
> know your idea to continue Files developing soon.
>
> Best regards,
> Mario
>
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Cody Garver