Re: new module: net-rhythmbox

[Colin Walters <walters debian org>]

On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 15:41, Christian Rose wrote:
> sön 2003-02-09 klockan 21.18 skrev Colin Walters:
> > I have just created a new module "net-rhythmbox" in CVS.  A release is
> > planned for the next two or three days; any translation updates would be
> > greatly appreciated!  
> 
> Is this a fork of Rhythmbox? Or just a kind of temporary "branch"? The
> code looks very similar to the one of Rhythmbox.

The code is similar in architecture to the 0.4.1 CVS, before the UI
rewrite.  However it differs fairly substantially in detail.

As to its permanence; I do not know yet.

> In any case, I thought the general GNOME cvs policy was that real
> branches were preferred to additional modules. Is there a reason why
> using a branch wasn't done here?

Basically, jorn (rhythmbox author) didn't want my work associated with
the Rhythmbox name.