*Thank you*, Fitz, for saying it.
-K
"B. W. Fitzpatrick" <fitz@red-bean.com> writes:
> I think that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. :-)
>
> Let me explain that.
>
> I think that you've got some excellent ideas, and they've actually
> been brought up on the list several times in the past. I *completely*
> agree with your sentiments that the earlier we can get them into
> Subversion, the better. However, I can go through the issue tracker
> and find at least 15 other features that I feel the same way about.
>
> My point here is this: Subversion has been in development for three
> and a half years now and has not yet gotten to 1.0. Every feature we
> add, however small, takes time from the committers". It doesn't
> matter if someone submits a perfect patch complete with tests,
> documentation, etc--each new feature takes time to review and apply.
> Most importantly, edge cases come up, new bugs are discovered at a
> later date, and a million other small things happen that push 1.0
> further away, one minute at a time.
>
> Designing and writing new features is a lot of fun. Hunting down and
> fixing arcane bugs and edge cases is considerably less entertaining.
> It's frustrating to say the least when you're head down fixing
> annoying little bugs and people keep showing up with new features to
> add--features that you'd *love* to be designing and writing yourself,
> but you can't because you're pushing for 1.0. Heck, most people would
> rather write 10 new features than fix 1 bug, and 90% of the projects
> on SourceForge are damning proof of that.
>
> If you really want to see some new features added to Subversion sooner
> rather than later, grab an unassigned pre-1.0 bug and help out. Once
> we hit 1.0, then I'm sure people will be much more amenable to adding
> new features. Certainly, we can't stop you from working on whatever
> you like, but be aware that patches for new features will most likely
> be filed away for post 1.0 review instead of being processed right
> away.
>
> In any case, my intention here isn't to scare you away, and I do hope
> you stick around to contribute--you asked what "others on the list
> think", and this is exactly what I think. :-)
>
> -Fitz speaking only for himself
>
> --
> Brian W. Fitzpatrick <fitz_at_red-bean.com> http://www.red-bean.com/fitz/
>
>
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