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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