Re: BlackBox source code 'improvements'

From: [at]} <Bob>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:00:13 +0000

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Hi,

Tuesday, January 11, 2005, 4:01:21 PM, you wrote:

> Hi all:

>> This is a configuration management problem. The open source movement
>> must have to deal with this, so we should learn from them.
> [---]
>> This implies the need for a 'gatekeeper'.

[...]

> To summarize my thoughts:

> -- Keep doing improvements and discuss these in the mailing list.
> -- If the improvement seems substantial, send it to OMS.
> -- Remember the fate of Unified Oberon V4 and why it collapsed.
> -- Ask yourself if you want to be the "gatekeeper" on top of your current
> workload. If the answer is "no", please do not bother to suggest
> anybody else will take this role.
> -- Do not spend bandwidth discussing would-be efforts on the scale
> of Linux, unless you have the resources to make it happen.
[...]

The point I was making was not that we should undertake a project on
the scale of Linux, but that

1. the problem of configuration management is not unique to Blackbox
2. it is a problem with a known solution
3. we should not waste effort re-inventing the solution

-- 
Regards,
 Bob
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Received on Tue Jan 11 2005 - 18:00:13 UTC