From 22acb80bf9ad8ce39f6bd9a99df6607075a6f379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Antoine=20Beaupr=C3=A9?= Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 21:49:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] explain the reason behind the fork --- docs/faq.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 407d475c4..dd69a4d7f 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -75,3 +75,9 @@ If it crashes with a UnicodeError, what can I do? export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 # or similar, important is correct charset +Why was borg forked from Attic? + borg was created in may 2015 in response to the difficulty of + getting new merge requests and larger changes incorporated into + attic. more details can be found in the `fairly long discussion + `_ in + attic issue queue that led to the fork.