Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 11:23:16 +1100 (EST) From: Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, rkw@dataplex.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who needs Perl? We do! Message-ID: <199611230023.LAA26899@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <199611212046.NAA13887@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Nov 21, 96 01:46:01 pm
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> Actually, given your previous statement: > > | The reason I am picky about what goes in and what does not, is simply > | that core is the entity that is going to get blamed/flamed/kicked when > | things are not up to snuff. There is only so much we can have on The problem is you end up having to do all the work yourself, because programmers are people not computers tend to be proud of their code, don't like the feeling of being rejected seemingly arbitarily or having their time wasted, and consquently stop submiting patches or go elsewhere. Sometimes keeping contributors happy and contributing is more important than quality control styles, and was why I thought we had a -current vs -stable. -- "Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+ |Julian Assange RSO | PO Box 2031 BARKER | Secret Analytic Guy Union | |proff@suburbia.net | VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA | finger for PGP key hash ID = | |proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu | FAX +61-3-98199066 | C7F81C2AA32D7D4E4D360A2ED2098E0D | +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+
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