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Title: qaul: history of a fork |
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Title: irdest: history of a fork |
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Category: Blog |
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Category: Blog |
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Date: 2021-02-04 |
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Date: 2021-02-04 |
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Tags: /dev/diary, qaul |
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Tags: /dev/diary, qaul |
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**TLDR:** we're forking qaul.net to [**qaul**](https://qaul.org)! |
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**TLDR:** we're forking qaul.net to [**irdest**](https://irde.st)! |
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This includes myself, and four other developers who have been |
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This includes myself, and four other developers who have been |
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on-and-off working on qaul in their free time over the last year. We |
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on-and-off working on qaul in their free time over the last year. We |
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have a new domain, have largely rebranded the existing code-base and |
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have a new domain, have largely rebranded the existing code-base and |
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## Why write this? |
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## Why write this? |
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I want to work or qaul, whether I get paid for it or not. I'm in the |
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I want to work on this project, whether I get paid for it or not. I'm |
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fortunate position of being able to put in time on the project while |
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in the fortunate position of being able to put in time on the project |
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doing other jobs, or in between clients. |
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while doing other jobs, or in between clients. |
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My main concearn is not having to interact with the orginial |
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My main concearn is not having to interact with the orginial |
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maintainer in question on a regular basis, and not working in a |
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maintainer in question on a regular basis, and not working in a |
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structure which is authoritarily structured around him. |
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structure which is authoritarily structured around him. |
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I write this blog post as a warning to anyone who is interested in |
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I write this blog post as a warning to anyone who is interested in |
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contributing to qaul*.net*, and might have to interact with this |
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contributing to qaul.net, and might have to interact with this person |
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person as well. |
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as well. |
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It would make me very happy to see more people engage with qaul and |
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It would make me very happy to see more people engage with qaul and |
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getting paid for their work. I simply fear that people might be |
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getting paid for their work. I simply fear that people might be |
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feelings in this matter are not of importance, and so, I feel |
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feelings in this matter are not of importance, and so, I feel |
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justified to move on. |
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justified to move on. |
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Thank you for reading. If you want to learn more about qaul: |
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Thank you for reading. If you want to learn more about irdest: |
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https://qaul.org, and if you want to support my work directly, I have |
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https://irde.st, and if you want to support my work directly, I have |
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a [GitHub sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/spacekookie). |
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a [GitHub sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/spacekookie). |
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## Edits |
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- **2021-04-04** - we changed the project name from qaul to irdest. A |
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previous version of this page can be found in the web archive. |
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