[mythtv-users] MythTV Is Now Forked As Torc

[Mark Lord]

On 12-02-16 09:07 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Tim Draper <veehexx at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 16 February 2012 12:15, Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info> wrote:
>>> This is news to me:
>>>
>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA1Nzg
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>> interesting (if true). although it does beg the question; why fork it?
>> mythtv has a very good reputation, and i found it alot more cutting
>> edge than most HTPC software out there. would it make more sense to
>> call "torc", myth 0.26... or maybe myth 0.30, and consider <0.30 the
>> 'legacy' code, and >=0.30 whatever this "Torc" project aims for.
>>
>> maybe phoronix has it wrong. maybe mythtv will stay as it is, and torc
>> is for another specific purpose that is yet to be disclosed?
> 
> It's been forked by Mark Kendall, who is (was?) a very active
> developer, mostly around the video output portion. Seems odd...

Mark is by far the best of the lot,
a really good developer who doesn't seem to
look down his nose at the people who use the software.

This could be a very, very good thing.
Especially considering the other names showing up
on the "commit" list for Torc on github.

Initially, it appears they are ripping out huge chunks of
secondary functionality, to clean up the code base,
and with plans to re-add some of the removed features later
in a cleaner and less buggy fashion.

Cheers