Leaving? (cont'd)

Hans de Goede j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Mon Jul 31 09:49:01 UTC 2006



Rahul wrote:
> Hans de Goede wrote:
> 
>>
>> In extras we already have a few unwritten rules, for example don't do an
>> soname changing update (or other ABI breakign lib update) except for
>> devel. This doesn't slow things down. There is a difference between
>> having a comittee sanction every update, or having a few guidelines in
>> place, which everybody follows as they see fit, and only when in doubt
>> ask the list.
>>
> 
> Unwritten rules generally tend to be fuzzy. Its much better to document
> things more clearly. If we can have policy guidelines that doesnt slow
> things down, please work on documenting them in a common way to both
> core and extras.
> 

I fully agree, the point I was trying to make is that we already have
rules (although unwritten) and that those rules do not seem to slow
things down.

Regards,

Hans




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