Re: Massive libxo-zation that breaks everything

From: Alfred Perlstein <bright_at_mu.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:14:19 -0800
> On Mar 3, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Justin Hibbits <jrh29_at_alumni.cwru.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Alfred Perlstein <bright_at_mu.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Mar 3, 2015, at 9:32 AM, hiren panchasara <hiren_at_strugglingcoder.info> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 03/02/15 at 07:33P, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Actually I want to shame third party ports into adopting libxo (or at least providing machine readable output).
>>>> 
>>>> I know it's scary to try to lead the pack, after all we could be wrong, but maybe it's time to try something new and see what happens.
>>>> 
>>>> And no, your idea doesn't make sense it just will lead to those files bit rotting.
>>>> 
>>>> Bedsides that you don't even have a real spec other than "it should be done differently".
>>>> 
>>>> Again, show the code.
>>> 
>>> Wow. He told you want he didn't like and he moved on. I hope/wish we as
>>> a project can take criticism more positively than this.
>>> 
>>> Answer to every criticism should not be "show me your code". We (should)
>>> know better than that.
>> 
>> Maybe I am too old school but the motd on freefall is still "now shut up and code". I still believe that's right.
>> 
>> We ALL need to know when to step back from an issue we really do not have the bandwidth to constructively contribute to.
>> 
>> This doesn't mean ideas or concerns aren't valid, but that unless you truly have the bandwidth to contribute, taking a step back is a good idea.
>> 
>> -Alfred.
> 
> You're both right.  Maybe we need a hackathon on this.  Is BSDCan too late?

Hackathon on what exactly?

-Alfred 
Received on Tue Mar 03 2015 - 18:14:29 UTC

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