On 12/28/2011 2:41 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 28.12.2011 21:12, schrieb Wietse Venema: >> Jerry: >> [request to preserve a backwards-compatibility migration feature] >>>> Wietse >>> >>> +1 >> >> FWIW, I get no joy from making requests like this. It just annoys >> me that Sahil, who is otherwise a sensible maintainer, works against >> my efforts to make Postfix upgrades as painless as possible. >> >> When people have Postfix already installed, the next release should >> work as before if possible, instead of forcing yet another learning >> experience onto people who have better things to do with their time. > > this world would be a better one if more developers would have your > attitude instead permanently throwing things away and replace them > with half-baken replacement and shortly before they become bugfree > and useable the next one creeps in with his new "better" replacement
Don't jump to conclusions. We haven't yet seen Sahil's response with his reasoning behind his changes. I'd guess his motivation wasn't to provide a "better replacement". It was likely to work around some other FreeBSD specific problem. Just because Wietse jumps on someone for making an error doesn't mean the entire list should be pig piling. Attacking someone before knowing all of the facts is referred to as "lynch mob" mentality here in the USA. Google and read the history of the "lynch mob". It's something I doubt you want to be associated with. -- Stan
