It's good that the project is developing, but every fork is a signal about shortcomings. Ideally, forks should not be, or they should be very, very rare. I hope in the near future there will not be another fork)
Agreed, we would also prefer to minimize the frequency with which a fork is needed. Though we knew that there would need to be some right out of the gate to sever the network ties with Sumo and as community debate finalized funding methodology.
Agree, it's a bit confusing for new users.
Understood, it should hopefully be minimal impact for non-miners, only needing to upgrade their Wallet.
Well, as far as I know, Monero has scheduled hardforks every six months. They are mostly important for the miners, I am not sure whether users really have to go along with every single one.
The basic idea is that you have a given schedule to follow. Miners know what to look for and you have the ability to push just about anything if needed.
I'm not sure whether Ryo said anything about adopting this mechanism, though.
This is correct, RyoCurrency hasn't committed to anything specific with regard to scheduled hardforks and as noted above will work to minimize the number of forks taking place but it should be understand that some of the more foundational technological improvements coming down the road to the P2P system under the hood could necessitate them as well.
