Developers of Sympa

[Soji Ikeda <address@concealed>]

David, I see.

I’ll pause conversation between you and will read opinions from others for a 
while.

Regards,
— Soji

2018/03/28 16:53、David Verdin <address@concealed>のメール:

> Hey Soji,
> 
> 
>> On 28/03/2018 05:16, IKEDA Soji wrote:
>> David, I want you to clarify a point:
>> 
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:34:02 +0200
>> David Verdin <address@concealed> wrote:
>> 
>>> - we do refactoring in 6.2 which, on my opinion, should be a maintenance
>>> branch, in which only bug fixes should be done. I fear we break things.
>>> But then again, some bugs can be fixed only through refactoring.
>> "6.2 ... should be a maintenance branch" --- I have heard this
>> argument many times.  However, what we have been doing in this one
>> year are not only maintenance.  Rather they include "reconstruction"
>> because of problems which I pointed out at the beginning of the last
>> post and prevents us getting forward.
>> 
>> # N.B.:
>> # - As I wrote at 1 Dec., I'll continue my work on 6.2 for the time being.
>> # - Also, 6.2 will accept new things contributed by users, in the same as 
>> before.
>> 
>> Argueing "Don't add new ones. Don't remove existing features.
>> Because it is maintenance branch" is easy.  However it is just
>> dogmatism, if such argument was not connected to reality. --- In the
>> first place, as you (and me) described, we don't know even what is
>> the "feature" of Sympa.
> Sorry if I touched a sensitive point. That was not my intention.
> However, you might note that I agreed with your proposal... ;-) so even if 
> I fear to break things, I agree that's the best way to advance.
> What do you think of my additions to your proposal?
>> 
>> Instead of abstract reasoning, could you please describe your thought
>> based on practical facts? --- Examples in this one year are there in
>> history of GitHub.
>> 
>>                                *
>> 
>> To others: Please answer the opinion by your own.
>> Please don't say like "if we decided, I'll also agree".
>> 
>> Please don't be irresponsible majority.
> I concur. what we decide now is the way we will work towards 7.0. Once we 
> start, it will be too late to change.
> So, here's to you!
> Cheers,
> David
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> -- Soji
>> 
>> 
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