[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2000.02.24 17:33:06
>We all equally own the code in an GPL licensed project, although
>those who contribute code are more equal than others. Since CVS
>has such ridiculous restrictions on who can check in code, the
>"owners" have become an elite group that is hidebound,
>unresponsive to the needs of the majority of users. That is one of
>the reasons why development of CVS is so broken. I've given up on
>helping develop CVS myself, and read this list only occasionally now.
Assuming that most developers aren't good developers, I'm glad only "elite" can
checkin. I just wish I were one of them ;-)
An example of a broken product due to many developers commiting is the w3c
library. It's chock full of memory bugs and, therefore, unusable.
Noel
