On 5/18/12 12:34 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > I agree with all these points, but being stable and > re-thinking/experimenting are not mutually exclusive. Again, it's a > matter of process and organization. But the typical behavior I've seen > is to nay-say new ideas because it does not fit in with the tradition > and the expectation of what the current-stable book is, instead of > encouraging a platform for new ideas and experimentation. Perhaps this > stems from the assumption that there are too few hands to do the work > involved to develop and support - but chasing away ideas also chases > away the hands to do the work.
I should acknowledge here that it was very flexible indeed to re-create a branch for me that allows me to do experimental work. I suppose what I am really after is that as a community we provide more means/avenues to foster experimental thinking where appropriate. If you have any suggestions on how to do this, I'd love to hear them. JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
