[Djehngo]

Because the things he changed were fundamental to Martini core. Changing it would require a re write of any code which touched Martini's API. Because people use that project it's better to start a new one with a different philosophy.

[rebelidealist]

sigh we keep re-inventing the wheel instead of optimizing a solution that people are relying on.

[MetaCosm]

You misunderstand. There is no optimizing, he built a non-idiomatic library that people love. It has pros and cons -- he is going to maintain it. There is no "fixing" it -- what makes people love it is it being NON-IDIOMATIC.

ADDITIONALLY -- he has built something that is idiomatic and looks to solve the same problem set as the original tool. This is a "have your cake and eat it too" situation.