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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:17:27 +0000
From: Noah Slater <nslater@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: Changing rev to _rev in view results (Was: Re: newbie question
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Not really, my point stands. Show the code, then we vote. :)

On the other hand, consensus building can't harm either.

On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 07:14:26AM -0500, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> Maybe the tradition should be of an Apache project? :)
>
> From my limited interaction w/ the Linux kernel community, it's a very
> different beastie...
>
> geir
>
> On Jan 1, 2009, at 10:47 PM, Noah Slater wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 09:15:21AM +1030, Antony Blakey wrote:
>>> No. The primary reason is "why change - the current mechanism has
>>> worked for a
>>> year". Damien (project lead) doesn't regard change as necessary, and
>>> a
>>> significant change to support top-level reflexivity (which is your
>>> primary
>>> thrust) doesn't have support from the other gatekeepers. There is
>>> some support
>>> for name identity, although I suspect not enough to prompt a change.
>>
>> I appreciate you're frustrated with the current situation Antony, but I
>> think
>> it's unfair for you to be claiming any kind of consensus without a
>> vote. I would
>> be interested in seeing a patch, explanation, and vote. I've already
>> expressed
>> my agreement with many of the points you've raised, and I'm not the
>> only one.
>>
>> It's pretty pointless for us to keep sending emails over proposed
>> changes to the
>> code without actually seeing the changes. So, in the tradition of the
>> Linux
>> kernel, show the code and let's have a vote!
>>
>

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Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater