Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 06:03:18 +1000 (EST) From: proff@suburbia.net To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Internal clock Message-ID: <19970401200318.3722.qmail@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <199704011920.MAA04841@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Apr 1, 97 12:20:39 pm"
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> proff@suburbia.net writes: > > then they fall by as the original authors move onto other projects. > > Then adding the code into the tree is a 'bad thing', since it becomes > unsupported. If no-one is willing to incorporate/support the code, then > it shouldn't be incorporated. > > > Nate > That philosophy guarentees one to failure. The code doesn't have a chance of being supported till it gets exposure and people start relying on it. If it starts bit-rotting then you let it fade (e.g x.25 code), or back it out. Don't shoot yourself before you are even on the track. Cheers, Julian.
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