Hi H.C.,
It generally accepted procedure in the projects that I've seen that people guide their own code thru the procedures of submitting patches and getting them accepted. I think that makes sense here too.
Its coming quite clear that devel/dd is fork since the devel/dd devs are resistant or unwilling to try to get code into pd-MAIN.
well, you perfectly know that this isn't true. I have been submitting many patches and bug reports over the last years, but i don't see why i should invest my really scarce time in something that's senseless. If i would have submitted the patch for SIMD two or three years ago (by the time i made the relevant changes), it would have been automatically discarded in the meantime, simply because Miller has shown zero interest in using it. The SIMD patch would have been a lot of work - wasted time, that i could have used for other developments or even for composing music.
That's too bad, I think we will all be the worse for it, but its your choice to do so. I think it would be helpful to make it clear that its a fork instead of continuing to skirt the issue.
I'll be continuing submitting patches that aren't a lot of work, like bug fixes. For other stuff (like the existing audio and midi fixes, idle callbacks, SIMD, or other features i have in mind) interested people are more than welcome to keep track of the changes and submit them. I don't see why necessarily i should do it. If it helps i'll also announce to the pd-devel list when new features are introduced.
best greetings, Thomas