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On 7 September 2014 13:38, Ricardo Signes <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org> wrote: > * Sawyer X <xsawyerx@gmail.com> [2014-09-07T04:55:17] > > So, let me rephrase my question. Instead of "Is there a vision?" I'll ask > > "Is the vision to just keep it doing what it does with no real changes?" > > I already said that *I* don't have "a vision" for the future, and that I > think > it would be pointless to try to declare one. As to whether I think the > project > should merely keep running without any useful new changes, I think v5.20 > should > make my answer pretty clear. > > It makes sense for people who are going to contribute changes to have a > vision > of that change, and to proclaim it loudly. "I imagine that we can invert > the > parser so that..." is a very useful vision to present. I have said that > from > the beginning. > > "This is where I, project manager, see the entire project in five years," I > said, is not, because my task here is to review, approve, or veto; not to > personally cause code to be written. > > I think this boils to a question about what the pumpking role is supposed to be. Is the pumpking role supposed to be passive, like a referee? Or is it supposed to be active, providing leadership in terms of building consensus and promoting and encouraging certain lines of development? Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"Thread Previous | Thread Next