There's also some interpersonal conflict in llama.cpp that's hampering other bug fixes https://github.com/ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp/pull/400
What the hell is going on there? It’s utterly bizarre to see devs discussing granting each other licences to work on the same code for an open source project. How on earth did they end up there?
There seems to be some bad blood between ikawrakow and ggerganov: https://github.com/ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp/discussions/316
My guess is that there's money involved. Maybe a spat between an ex-employee and their ex-employer?