[Question]: RAK4631 - Why use an outdated fork?

[4np]

Looking at RAK4631's platformio.ini it defines a fork of platform-nordicnrf52 which hasn't been updated in 2 years, while the parent has gained continuous updates.

Looking at the commits, it looks like the fork added support for Xiao BLE boards which aren't available upstream.

Ah, I am answering my own question as platform-nordicnrf52 seemingly does not want to merge PR#151 in:

It appears that PRs like this may never get merged due to PIO refusing to accept community contributions for platforms that they are trying to strike a financial deal with - assuming this is the case with Nordic / Seeed as well.

It may be good to document this PR in code and why the fork is being used.

[liamcottle]

Looks like you answered your own question :) I'll close this out. If you'd like to see that info added somewhere in the MeshCore repo, feel free to open a PR with it added to the relevant place.