On 7/15/05, Rich Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Michael K. Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 7/15/05, Manoj Srivastava va, manoj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What's with the recent push to get every little things written > >> down into policy, so the developer no longer is required to have an > >> ability to think, or exercise any judgement whatsoever? > > > > Welcome to the software industry in 2005. > > Yes, to rely on 1300 developers to all think of your cunning method of > solving a problem clearly makes sense. After all, to *write down* a > technique that solves the problem, and make it available to all of them > would stilt their creativity, hinder their intellect, and prevent the > development of a consistent style!
I am having a hard time reading this as anything but a non sequitur. Personally, I prefer for a solution to be demonstrated to work, both socially and technically, before it is enshrined in policy. Drafts are, of course, welcome at any stage. "Rough consensus and running code." YMMV. > Sheesh, next you'll be arguing in favour of personal indentation styles! Well, yes -- as long as the indent / emacs-mode / vim-mode incantations that reproduce them are well documented, preferably in a magic comment at the end of each file. :-) Cheers, - Michael
