RE: [TSVN] Re: RFC: New cache scheme

At 15:05 24/01/2005 +0000, you wrote:

>And if that had been suggested three option tabs back?

We would have fewer options...

>IMHO a blanket ban on new options (especially where functionality is being
>changed) is as wrong headed as adding options recklessly.

Sure. I did start my sentence 'Maybe'.

>Why not just try for a reasonable consensus as at present?

Sure.

>TSVN is balancing this particular tightrope well, why change what works.

I'm not. I'm participating in a discussion.

Personally I think it is extremely close to having too many options as it
is, and a few of them might have been avoided by improving the
implementation rather than allowing people to switch it off.

That's not a criticism of Stefan at all - it's enormously quicker to add an
option to turn something off than it is to rewrite it, and perf-related
things are often very difficult to verify on a different setup.

>Add a new option if, and only if, a meaningful benefit results.

Absolutely. It's just hard to get rid of them once they've been added.

Will

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Received on Mon Jan 24 16:25:12 2005