On 4/24/12 03:45, "Pete Batard" <p...@akeo.ie> wrote: > >If you think he's only been guilty of acting slowly, then how short your >memory is... > >Remember his stance on RERO and his statement that it is possible to >write code with no issues, and that getting early user feedback wasn't >that important? >Remember his other statement of people like himself (i.e. alleged "good" >maintainers) simply being able to "feel" what was right or wrong in >terms of development? >Remember the other bullshit dictatorial statements such as "I just don't >want CR in the repo", when it pleased him to just ignore elements that >went against his "ideal" vision and all technical justification had been >exhausted? >Have you taken a look at the commits from libusb.git lately, and how >many of Peter's seem to have gone through without any form of review or >invitation for comments... like the version one? How's that for being >"very accommodating"? >Remember the many times he refused to answer a direct critical question >about project management? >Remember the many times, where, after being proved wrong, he kept >silence hoping (but maybe this trick worked on you?) nobody would pay >further attention to it? >Remember how we waited about 2 months on his promise to privately review >the second (or was it the third) Windows patchset, with nothing happening? >etc.
While I can't be sure I agree with all of above on I think it is indeed good to remember that this fork was not done lightly and that the reasons for the fork go way beyond non-releasing. Also I think it is fair to say that everything was done to avoid the fork, but now it is here we should do everything we can to ensure the success of the fork. > >Sorry, but Peter has been guilty of far more damaging behaviour than >acting slowly, most of which either directly or indirectly impacted >libusb users. Because of that, a hasty 1.0.9 release isn't going to >magically fix libusb. While I do not know anyone involved personally and I've been amazed about the civilized way the discussion has been conducted over the years, and thus I do not want to hurt/insult anyone, I most emphatically agree with all of above. br Kusti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ libusbx-devel mailing list libusbx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libusbx-devel
