Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT]: Networking | From | Josh Boyer <> | Date | Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:25:15 -0400 |
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On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 14:21 -0700, David Miller wrote: > But it doesn't fix the time delegation problem. > > There is always this "oh crap, I just spent 3 months doing nothing > but fixing bugs" feeling a lot of us core folks get right before > the merge window opens up. > > So instead of getting the best work from the best people we have, > we get this last minute flurry of development in the days leading > up to the merge window openning up.
So, not to add fuel to a fire that seems to be calming down, but what is so wrong with having that feeling? If the core people are spending 3 months doing nothing but fixing bugs, the I consider that to _be_ the best work from the best people.
Bugs happen and it's not really worth debating over how they got into the tree to begin with because it happens in a number of different ways. However, if it takes 3 months of bug fixing to get a tree in shape then I don't see how that's a problem at all. Personally, I'd rather take a relatively bug free tree over new shiny features on top of a buggy as hell tree.
Call me old fashioned.
josh
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