On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:08:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > I am disturbed by the repeated use of this disparaging "versionitis" term > in this thread. > > Wanting to be able to rapidly iterate as we develop a very complicated Key word: we The issue is, users will think "Oh sure, this'll be a great way to get packages! Faster is better, right?" I think the concern is end users using it, not developers using it to aid with development. > distribution is not "verionitis". It's sound software development > principles. Reducing the time it takes to compile something and be able > to test it is one way to increase your productivity. This is true > whether you're compiling a simple C program or a complete distribution CD. > > -- > see shy jo Fondly, Paul -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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