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From: Robert Newson <rnewson@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: On Plugins and Extensibility
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Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 12:17:57 +0100
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Bob prefers the simplest solution that works. 


> On 27 May 2015, at 17:55, Joan Touzet <wohali@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> I've skimmed the entire thread, and it seems like Ilya is trying to 
> solve a much bigger problem than Paul has outlined. Ilya's approach is
> more all-encompassing but involves a lot of "make-work" just to get the
> system back to its current state. Meanwhile, Paul is trying to respond
> to some requests for enhancement (presumably coming thru IBM/Cloudant)
> and is suggesting just enough functionality to fix that.
> 
> Unless there are more developers outside of IBM willing to contribute
> code towards Ilya's proposal my guess is that IBM won't approve the
> resources for such a vast change, and I'm not seeing people rushing to
> help implement this approach who are well acquainted with the couch
> codebase.
> 
> Paul, consider this a vote of support in favour of your proposal, subject
> to the concerns already raised. What does Bob have to say?
> 
> -Joan