On 2017-07-27, Travis Scrimshaw <tsc...@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> I am assuming by "this process" is the Sage peer review. It also does 
> usually improve the quality of the code and the documentation.

+1

> That is precisely what could be a problem. Doing things one-by-one means 
> you may not see how one dependency affects another. Also, what are the 
> rules? If B is based on A, do we require that A does not break anything in 
> B or is B responsible for any downstream changes in A? If it is the former, 
> then you have a useless extra layer because there is no point in have 
> separate modules. It is functionally acting as one complete unit.

No. It just means that A has a stable and reliable API.

> How much of that code is really a maintenance burden? Would any of those 
> bugs actually be fixed if you go to external packages? How many of them 
> would actually be found, much less reported (to the correct place)? If code 
> being included too quickly is a problem, then why are you suggesting a 
> method to include code even faster with less QC measures?

+1

Cheers,
Simon

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