Re: More nuclear options

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
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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