Sync'd up another #C4 project. This time: #Diaspora*
Took a couple hours merging 11 of 26 open PRs on upstream.
Code: https://github.com/weex/diaspora
Next step is to deploy this to a production pod.
@weex what is C4 ?
@fla Hi Fla, C4 is the Collective Code Construction Contract. It IS a bit radical but the idea is to prioritize the people and community who are developing a project by making it much easier to get contributions merged and therefore make more constant and satisfying progress. This fork is experimental but my hope is that it demonstrates a viable path forward for really any project.
C4 came out of the work of Pieter Hintjens and the 0MQ project. Links to follow...
Here are a few links to learn more.
* https://zguide.zeromq.org/docs/chapter6/
* The contract itself: https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec/42/
* https://peertube.co.uk/videos/watch/09b4e6f7-699a-45a7-83f4-16a63f71d57c
@weex so what are you doing right now regarding diaspora?
@fla I've created a fork that will be maintained by the process spelled out in the protocol.
@weex I need to read more to understand how that C4 thing is working, but merging stuff without human review seems a bit dangerous to me.
@fla Understand completely. Created this and will probably update the readme https://github.com/weex/diaspora/issues/20 but will also create one saying the same about the UI.
@fla FYI, I figured it's best to make a post explaining the effort so here's that: https://discourse.diasporafoundation.org/t/experimental-fork-based-on-c4/4095
@weex diaspora* maintainers always have been very conservative with code merging. But maybe that experiment can change their mind. Just, please, be very explicit on your pod about the fact that you are not running the vanilla diaspora* code, but some untested one.