On 4 September 2012 13:06, Chad <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:02 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The essential problem is that people can't get stuff through the >> gatekeepers, so they come up with a workaround. Noting that the >> workaround is insecure and saying "just don't do that" doesn't solve >> the original need and won't help security. It's not clear to me what >> will, but the gatekeeping is an obvious start. > The problem with creating a new system that has no gatekeepers > is that it encourages people who have no business writing code to > end up doing so. Yeah, I didn't say the results were *good*. Just that saying "don't do that" won't stop it at all. The urge will be there as long as there are gatekeepers, but the harm does need to be minimised. > Lowering bars, making it easy to jump into the shallow end, giving > people feedback so they can improve--these are all good things we > can and should do. This has long been said, of course. - d. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
