On Feb 5, 2013, at 5:41 AM, Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org> wrote:

> On Feb 4, 2013, at 11:09 PM, Igor Galić <i.ga...@brainsware.org> wrote:
> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> a) Move these plugins to another directory, and another configure option.
>> 
>> This sounds like creating hierachies of buerocracies.
>> 
>>> b) Move the plugins that have been used to some extent, and has at least one
>>> active developer, out to the main build area.
>>> 
>>> c) Do nothing ;).
>>> 
>>> d) enable experimental on all builds, and exclude all plugins that don't
>>> build (but then, how will someone test / fix / build those plugins?).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> b) would be my preference.
>> 
>> Mine too ;)
>> 
>> I think the move towards --enable-experimental-plugins on the buildbots 
>> might 
>> give you exactly that: People owning up to (their?) code, fixing broken 
>> builds 
>> or at the very least filing tickets.
> 
> Except the buildbots would be broken indefinitely unless you do option d). 
> You simply won't get several if these plugins to compile and run without very 
> significant amount of work. Or lots of ifdef's :)

I think that most of the plugins that need that kind of work are not even built 
when the option is enabled ...



> 
> Cheers
> 
> -- Leif 
> 
> 
>>> -- Leif

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