Re: ssh priority standard (?)
On 2000-05-27 at 20:22 -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 02:39:31AM -0400, Mike Bilow wrote:
> > Lars is right. The issue is a cost/benefit analysis. If the risk of
> > breaking something does not outweigh the risk of failing to fix something,
> > then there is no point to assuming any additional risk.
>
> That's a judgement that the maintainer must make, because he knows his
> package better than anyone else (or he should).
I think it is a judgment that the maintainer should make in cooperation
with the release manager; this is a freeze, after all.
> > A software engineer cares whether it works; a computer scientist cares
> > only whether it should work in theory.
>
> It was a joke. If you can't grok that, ignore it.
So was my response. Ha ha, only serious.
> Oh yeah, and I did I mention...
>
> I READ THE LISTS. THERE IS NO NEED TO CC ME PERSONALLY WITH REPLIES TO
> MESSAGES I POST TO THE LISTS UNLESS I ASK FOR THEM. I READ QUITE ENOUGH OF
> YOUR HOT AIR ALREADY WITHOUT GETTING YOUR SELF-IMPORTANT MISSIVES IN MY
> PRIVATE MAILBOX. THANK YOU.
Suit yourself. I intended CC'ing you on a reply as a courtesy, but I see
that courtesy was wasted.
-- Mike
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