Messages in this thread |  | | | From | jbradford@dial ... | | Subject | Re: your mail | | Date | Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:19:28 +0100 (BST) |
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> On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 17:09, Alan Cox wrote: > > Look at history - if such a mess got in, it would never get sorted. > > Instead of throwing around vague statements with little > context like "compost heap" and "such a mess", why don't > you spell out the specific design points of EVMS that you > disagree with. The advantages and disadvantages of > each point can then be discussed.
Yeah, but he is right in any case - look how the IDE mess of 2.5.x, which, frankly, I don't believe was ever as bad as people seem to be saying it was, has put people off testing 2.5.x. Instead they are waiting for Linus to type
mv linux-2.5.x linux-2.6.0
at which point they think that all remaining bugs will auto-magically correct themselves and the tree is one again safe to use. WRONG answer!
Simply from the point of view of not wanting to 'scare off' people from a whole tree, (which is so rediculous, I think I'll go and patent it), and as a result get less testing, we're better off trying to stop weirdness from getting in.
John.
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