An extolment for Walter

[Bill Baxter]

superdan wrote:
> Jesse Phillips Wrote:
> 
>> I wish to express my gratitude towards Walter for his reluctance for 
>> change. While there are many times that he does finally make changes he 
>> was hardily against, "Shown the light" you might say. I believe that he 
>> should not only be applauded for putting up with some of the attacks 
>> toward him, but that this stone wall helps to clearly define the problem.
>>
>> With such strong views coming from both ends, ideas build on each other 
>> to provide what could be a much better solution. We still have yet to 
>> really see what has come out from the Const stuff, however without such 
>> great opposition to it some serious problems my not have been resolved. 
>> Many are still unsure of this new direction and there is go reason to be.
>>
>> I do not wish to say that Walter is alway correct in his standings, only 
>> that it provides a very good buffer to stupid changes that would result 
>> in later removal and rabid feature growth that does not need to be there. 
>> And I believe even those that become frustrated trying to get a change 
>> across no matter how trivial it seems do agree on the benefits from 
>> having such a barrier.
> 
> amen brother. but somehow no matter what walter does, some people still keep on optimizing for their benefit and never think of not adding to walter's already full plate. walter cranks one release a month. every fucking month there's new stuff. and his reward? 

> he must release twice a month! why? because we don't give a fuck about walter's being busy with a fucking brazillion things already.. let him eat cake. shit. say it ain't so, walter!

If you're referring to my suggestion of regression-fix releases, I'd 
gladly take 1 usable release per 4 months over 4 unusable releases over 
the same 4 months.

--bb