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Re: [PATCH] MIME type guessing improved for *nix systems

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_collab.net>
Date: 2003-03-30 20:18:26 CEST

kfogel@collab.net writes:

> Matthew Hambley <matthew@aether.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > Without wishing to appear confrontational I made no secret of the fact that
> > I was going to do this work and that this is the way I was going to do it.
> > Couldn't you have mentioned your concerns then?
>
> I can certainly understand your frustration, but keep in mind that Ben
> probably doesn't read all of every thread (I know I don't). It's not
> his fault that you took his silence to be assent. And remember, he's
> not vetoing the change, he's just expressing some concerns.

I apologize for not remembering the thread so well; I have a
(incorrect) memory that the thread just sort of petered out, and
didn't realize someone was going to start coding.

> > * It can take a long time to get things into APR
> > * APR is designed for a specific purpose so things we want may not be
> > appropriate for inclusion.
> > * If the APR people want to take OS specific code we write on-board then
> > they are welcome to.
>
> I haven't had a chance to look at the patch itself yet, but yeah,
> we've sometimes written things in Subversion first and then later
> moved them to APR.

Yeah... keep in mind that many Subversion committers are *also* APR
committers. Like at least eight of us.

So maybe we should push this stuff into Subversion at first, and then
try to create a voting block to push down into APR. :-)

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