From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: More nuclear options |
Date: | 2006-07-11 17:17:18 |
Message-ID: | 200607111317.18289.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net |
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On Tuesday 11 July 2006 12:55, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Robert,
>
> > To be honest I don't know why people are against throwing the code on
> > pgfoundry with a hefty readme saying that the code is unmaintained and
> > what it's build status is on various versions
>
> ... because we don't want to litter pgFoundry with dead, broken projects
> which nobody uses and which confuse users and crowd the namespace.
> Quality > quantity.
>
Given the current number of projects that have no code / files / anything
associated with them on pgfoundry/gborg right now, this argument rings a
little hollow.
> In a year nobody has spoken up for those specific projects. Who's
> going to maintain them? Who's going to use them?
>
People do get pointed at adddepends even today... certainly no one will do
anything with these projects if you nuke them, but I like giving people
options... your call though.
--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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