subrepo grand plan

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Fri Oct 14 10:37:39 CDT 2011


On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 16:03 +0200, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> On 10/14/2011 01:48 PM, David.Sedlock at lantiq.com wrote:
> > So it would be great if the opposition to Martin's small improvement were reviewed.
> 
> I would like to add my 5 cents here:
> 
> Mercurial is no democracy. Mercurial is an open project with a smart and 
> strong leader with strong opinions. That is the main key to Mercurials 
> success (and possibly also to the limited success).
> 
> To be specific, that means that no-one has any authority to review 
> Matt's opposition and overrule it.

It's totally possible to convince me to change my mind, I am not
inflexible for the sake of being inflexible. But when whatever you're
wanting to do crosses paths with core principles like backwards
compatibility, then yes, you may need to be EXTREMELY persuasive.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.




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