>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, at 10:57 AM, John Cotton Ericson wrote: >>> Sure. If they show up, we can definitely revert it. But what happens >>> if they *don't* show up? What do you think in that case? >>> >> How long are you prepared to stick to your position? How many angry >> e- mails are you prepared to field? > > Perhaps you are worried about a principle--agent problem where the > angree emails don't go to this list, and persist even after the change > is reverted? I.e. I tiptoe and do then undo a thing, while you bear > the burden of getting the angry emails?
Yes. In the worst case, neither of us gets emails at all; the affected people just grouse in public about how the autotools suite sucks and its maintainers have no respect for backward compatibility. zw
