The part that breaks occam's razor principle is: The community responds
quickly with a fixing patch.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:45 PM, stewart mackenzie <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> The minimal idea is: maintainers dont do 'deep' code reviews. They
> just glance over the patch and make sure it qualifies as a correct
> patch, as defined by C4. After travis goes green they hit merge.
>
> If a bug gets in, its not their fault. The community responds quickly
> with a fixing patch.
>
> Main points a maintainer is aware of: no public API breakages and it
> compiles. (travis does wonders for point 2).
>
> This rather counter intuitive approach means contributors become more
> careful. It also means more eyeballs are watching and when shit hits
> the fan its all hands on deck.
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