Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:

> > "Tom York" <alp### [at] zubenelgenubi34spcom> wrote:
> >> Fa3ien <fab### [at] yourshoesskynetbe> wrote:
> >>> Will the new Open Source status automagically attract people ?
> >> Maybe. You can't work on what you can't see :)
> >>
> >> Tom
> >
> > Well, the source code is already available, so there's nothing stopping them
> > from seeing it except for snobbishness on their part (for refusing to touch
> > free software that isn't GPL).
>
> Actually, there is a reason that's stopping them. 3.6.1 source code is
> available. 3.7 changed lots of structure. It may be a waste of time to
> edit 3.6.1 code if you'll have to re-adapt to 3.7, which may not be easy.

exactly.  3.6 code is still largely C with classes and from a few hints from the
developers, it seems the 3.7 codebase is now largely full C++ with proper use of
classes and namespaces.  A very good thing, indeed.  Unfortunately, no source
for 3.7 yet available for now, AFAIK.

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