Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes: > We all want there to be multiple implementations of standard, reasonable > APIs so that we can choose software based on its merits and not because > it's the only implementation of a useful interface. We also all live in > the real world where that doesn't always happen. The work doesn't > magically accomplish itself. Someone has to care enough to make it > happen. If no one cares enough, then I think we need to recognize that > maybe having multiple implementations isn't important enough to motivate > anyone to volunteer to do it, and therefore we'll have to live without the > benefits of having them. > > If that feels like an unacceptable outcome, well, I think the right > reaction is to go do the work so that this outcome doesn't arise. Thanks, Russ. This is exactly how I feel, too. Bdale
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