Re: Is a modern build system acceptable for older platforms

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 11:16:08AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> I would argue the exact opposite - mail is a lot more flexible than using
>> github issues and that's one of the most important reasons I prefer it.
>>
>> (and there are of course many ways to tag and categorize your email, many more
>> so than with issues. Specifically bookmarks will of course depend on your mail
>> program)
>>
>> There are definitely advantages with issues for tracking, such as getting a
>> more structured central repository of them (but that requires very strict rules
>> for how to apply them and huge amounts of maintenance effort), but as a
>> communications tool I'd say email is vastly superior, particularly thanks to
>> the flexibility.
>
> It might be that occasional uses would find github easier, and more
> invested users would find email easier.
>

How do people get to be invested developers, though? Everybody starts
as a more occasional user. I started out with one smallish patch for
7.4 and never intended at that stage to do much more. (So much for
prescience.)

The older I get the more I am prepared to admit that my preferred way
to do things might not suit those younger than me. Craig is right, our
processes do not make newcomers, especially younger newcomers, feel
very comfortable. He's also right that the build system is among the
least of our problems in making newcomers feel comfortable.

cheers

andrew

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