From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26489 invoked by alias); 24 Mar 2004 06:34:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 26469 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2004 06:34:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO monty-python.gnu.org) (199.232.76.173) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Mar 2004 06:34:05 -0000 Received: from [207.232.27.5] (helo=WST0054) by monty-python.gnu.org with asmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B61tb-0004s9-1z; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:29:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:34:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: David Carlton CC: dewar@gnat.com, bob@brasko.net,gdbheads@gnu.org,gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: (message from David Carlton on Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:25:52 -0800) Subject: Re: [Gdbheads] A small patch case study, -file-list-exec-source-files Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20040225040059.GB19094@white> <16456.65451.461753.66554@localhost.redhat.com> <20040306155700.GA9439@white> <20040311132508.GA2504@white> <20040323130900.GA17339@white> <40605C9F.2050700@gnat.com> X-SW-Source: 2004-03/txt/msg00552.txt.bz2 > From: David Carlton > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:25:52 -0800 > > It's not entirely clear to me that stability (which I'm reading as > meaning lack of changes in the code itself) and control are inherently > good things, for that matter. IMHO, as with every issue that involves non-trivial trade-offs, the answer is ``it depends''... It strikes me that you and Robert don't actually disagree here; it's just that Robert thinks about a situation where a small number of persons who control a project manage to process important chores quickly and timely and give the other participants a feeling that their contributions are welcome, while you think about a situation that is less optimal. That is, control and stability are perceived as good when the community members feel they are used to their benefit.