Experimental Phobos modules?

Alex Rønne Petersen alex at lycus.org
Wed Dec 5 13:52:09 PST 2012


On 05-12-2012 22:05, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 05, 2012 21:32:37 Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
>> On 05-12-2012 17:10, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 05, 2012 15:10:59 Pragma Tix wrote:
>>>> Years ago I have suggested to establish an incubator project.
>>>
>>> It's been suggested a few times, but no one ever does it. As with a lot of
>>> things around here, unless someone steps up and champions it, it isn't
>>> going to happen.
>>>
>>> - Jonathan M Davis
>>
>> In this case, though, there isn't really much to *do*. People just need
>> to send pull requests when they have a module they feel is ready for
>> field testing.
>
> Yes. But I think that that's completely inappropriate for putting into Phobos.
> We would actually need a separate project for that. And someone would need to
> set up and manage that project. Given that they wouldn't be doing code reviews
> or maintaining the code or whatnot, it's not at all the same as getting
> someone to take the time to produce a large piece of functionality for Phobos
> and might ultimately end up not taking much time from the person leading the
> project. But someone still needs to step up and do it. And no one has done
> that. Several have suggested it, and a number of us have agreed that it's a
> good idea, but as long as no one actually takes the initiative and actually
> does it, it's just a nice idea.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis
>

Separate project? That kind of defeats the entire purpose: Making the 
to-be-tested module readily available to everyone...

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Alex Rønne Petersen
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