Greg Stein wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 09:10:16PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> ...
>>> Just for my own education as to the process, what is the rationale for
>>> reverting this change as opposed to just allowing it to be fixed?
>>> While I agree that 1.2 should not be released with this change as is,
>>> it seemed like it was something that could have had a fix made for it
>>> relatively quickly and easily. Wouldn't that have been better?
>>
>> I commented that the custom keywords issue had not been fully thought
>> out, and that in resolving it, we might possibly want to extend our
>> svn:keywords syntax. Thus, I propose that we cannot start auto-munging
>> keywords properties until we've designed any addition to the syntax (or
>> decided that we do not need an addition).
>
> You can veto changes on technical grounds. You cannot veto or make
> design decisions, then take unilateral action. That is not right.
>
> If you want to talk about the design, then do so. You can't just start
> reverting stuff because it doesn't match your design choice.
The design was incorrect on technical grounds.
It's not a matter of my choice over someone else's. It's a matter of me
noticing there are important choices involved, which haven't been really
noticed or discussed at all.
Max.
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Received on Thu Apr 7 02:03:44 2005