Squeak's "general acceptance"
Andrew Greenberg
werdna at mucow.com
Thu Jul 7 02:39:06 UTC 2005
Let's recap this all too oft-repeated thread:
1. Squeak is not generally accepted.
2. Generally accepted platforms have feature X
3. Squeak should have feature X to become generally accepted.
the discussion proceeds:
1. Quibbles about whether S is generally accepted, or whether
S should be GA
2. Quibbles about whether the feaature actually exists in GA
systems
3. Quibbles about whether X is sufficient to bring S closer
to GA
Feh, just feh. None of this matters, right or wrong.
Squeak is an OPEN SOURCE PROJECT. If you think S should have a
feature, build it please. Darwin will determine whether your
arguments on 1, 2 or 3 are right. If you don't or can't implement
it, ask for the feature. If you can't sell it, Darwin determines
that result.
It may be inferred from the failure to implement what you seek that
not all the assumptions 1, 2, 3 are accurate, or the conclusion
suggested necessarily follows therefrom. Prove us wrong, that would
be good. Don't do anything to move the ball forward, we all have
more important things to do.
Please do not misunderstand -- this is a fundamental property of OSS
projects. Quibbleds about what isn't there isn't generally
interesting in the absence of a changeset.
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