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From:
David E. Wheeler
Date:
June 24, 2009 09:45
Subject:
Re: Perl 5.10.1
Message ID:
B0D7CD96-66D9-44A3-8F79-9B08B2B8EED7@kineticode.com
On Jun 24, 2009, at 7:39 AM, David Golden wrote:
> But is it really any worse than today in terms of the end result?
> Today everything gets merged willy-nilly and no one knows if things
> are really stable or not. There's no responsibility for stability --
> it's commit and pray and then the pumpking pays for it.
>
> If a merge proves bad, rip it right back out, chastise the author and
> make them provide more evidence of stability in the future before
> accepting their merges.
I'm completely with you and Aristotle on this stuff. To my mind, the
project needs a more conservative approach to maintenance. The current
conservatism is in the wrong place!
Best,
David
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