[Greg] > To defend Paul here a bit, we did start some discussion here, and at least > some of us said "the concept is fine, so check it in. we can totally revamp > as necessary." I can't even go away for a weekend and they start checking stuff in behind my back. ;-) > CVS is a much better communication/testing vehicle than the damn Patch > Manager or posting modules at some private web site. > > And we can always "cvs rm" a module. Actually, this leaves a turd in the Attic directory. Adding something to the CVS repository gives it a false legitimacy -- not everybody reads the "experimental feature" comment. > Another alternative would be to create /nondist/sandbox/ and have people > toss modules-for-discussion or modules-in-progress into that area. We can > dork around as much as needed. When the module is "ready", then we add it > into the /dist/ branch. I like this much better! > CVS is a great tool for this. Let's not try to create roadblocks that > prevent effective work. Sure. But let's be careful with what we check in, especially into the "dist" source tree. This is not a place for random experiments. I've seen a few examples recently where it seemed some kind of discussion was being carried out by checkins. Regardless of who's right or wrong, that's the wrong medium for such a process. [Tim] > There was a discussion, overwhelmingly positive, and then to make further > progress Paul asked here whether it wouldn't be easier to just check > something in so we could all kick the tires. At least three of us (four if > you count me twice, as I tend to do <wink>) said "sure!". > > > ... > > Annoyed, > > I can understand that too <wink>. But as Paul said, it's a self-contained > module that "can't" break anything else, and he did ask first, so maybe you > could look on it a bit more kindly this once. Sure. I recommend the use of the nondist CVS tree for experiments. But to me the dist subtree is sacred and should only contain code we believe we agree on. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://dinsdale.python.org/~guido/)
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