On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Aristotle Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Jonathan Rockway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-12-01 01:15]: >> Why do you care about what other people do? > > When I write software I generally hope others will find it > useful. (Sometimes I write it purely for my own itches, but then > it tends to be half-arsed in all sorts of ways because it doesn't > have to work for anything other than exactly the use cases I need > it for.) > >> If these people can't even install a CPAN module, it's unlikely >> that they were going to become active contributors. > > How many kernel drivers did you debug today? > > > * Marcus Ramberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-12-01 10:10]: >> Matt has spent a lot of energy to make sure our dependency >> graph installs cleanly, for instance. And this issue has in >> fact already been resolved by the Mouse people, hasn't it? > > It's true. But the fact that the Mouse people had to fix this is > an indication that a pretty high level of ongoing effort is > necessary, which I see as a symptom of there being a fundamental > problem. > > That doesn't mean the alternative is better. > > I have no answers, unfortunately, only questions. >
We just need to finish B::Perfect, then all our problems are solved. Software always will have glitches. Some people are tolerant, others are not. CPAN Testers is a great resource that helps identify potential problems, and some people are proactive about fixing them. I'm certainly not, though I should be. -J _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/