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From: Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net>
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Subject: Re: Who needs Perl? We do!
To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 11:23:16 +1100 (EST)
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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_ 
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