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Discussion on: When is the right time to fork?

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Jason Huebel

I followed your advice and asked to become a maintainer. The owner agreed. So now I'm wreaking havoc on the repo. ;-)

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johnfound

Congrats! I am actually not a forking antagonist. The opposite, I think that the forking is good for the projects.

But still if the fork can be avoided, it is better to avoid it.

Especially if the initial author decided to retire. This way he will feel better knowing that someone will keep developing the project.