08/06/11 01:18:35 3RBHeOy8
p6 "Why merge upstream? The pros"
The review, integration and release process will improve the code quality
Once merged, your maintenance cost falls to near-zero
- Others will improve it
- Others will no longer break it (as much)？
Others will enhance it
It gets more testing
Others will fix bugs in it
Eliminates possibility that a competing implementation will be merged
You avoid the risk of having to migrate to a new implementation, or of maintaining yours for ever