Dave Held wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:49 PM To: Dave Held Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Woo hoo ... a whole new set of compiler headaches!! :)
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I recall saying something like this when we were being urged to replace CVS with SubVersion/Arch/SomethingElse but I'll say
it again - this decision should be made by the people who
contribute the most. All the rest (including my contribution)
is just noise, IMHO.
Well, I think it goes without saying that such a decision will
ultimately be made by the core developers. But to say that nobody
should *suggest* changes seems a bit odd to me. I mean, people
suggest changes to the design of Postgres almost daily, and some of them aren't even coders. But if nobody outside of the core
developers suggests changes, that kind of takes some of the "open"
out of "open source". True, the source would still be open, but
there's a subtlety in the name that is similar to the "free" in
"free software". That's not to say that any given suggestion
is worthy of serious consideration; but to say that any suggestion
that doesn't come from the core is just "noise" to my ear doesn't
sound any different than Redmond saying any suggestion that doesn't
come from 1 Microsoft Way is just "noise".
I didn't mean people can't or shouldn't make suggestions, just that beyond a certain point advocacy seems unnecessary.
I suspect most people here are already well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of C++.
Apologies if I have offended you.
cheers
andrew
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