Re: Woo hoo ... a whole new set of compiler headaches!!

Dave Held wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:andrew@dunslane.net]
>>Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:49 PM
>>To: Dave Held
>>Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
>>Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Woo hoo ... a whole new set of compiler
>>headaches!! :)
>>
>>[...]
>>I recall saying something like this when we were being urged 
>>to replace CVS with SubVersion/Arch/SomethingElse but I'll say
>>it again - this decision should be made by the people who
>>contribute the most. All the rest (including my contribution)
>>is just noise, IMHO.
>>    
>>
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>Well, I think it goes without saying that such a decision will
>ultimately be made by the core developers.  But to say that nobody
>should *suggest* changes seems a bit odd to me.  I mean, people
>suggest changes to the design of Postgres almost daily, and some 
>of them aren't even coders.  But if nobody outside of the core
>developers suggests changes, that kind of takes some of the "open"
>out of "open source".  True, the source would still be open, but
>there's a subtlety in the name that is similar to the "free" in
>"free software".  That's not to say that any given suggestion
>is worthy of serious consideration; but to say that any suggestion
>that doesn't come from the core is just "noise" to my ear doesn't
>sound any different than Redmond saying any suggestion that doesn't
>come from 1 Microsoft Way is just "noise".
>
>
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I didn't mean people can't or shouldn't make suggestions, just that 
beyond a certain point advocacy seems unnecessary.

I suspect most people here are already well aware of the advantages and 
disadvantages of C++.

Apologies if I have offended you.

cheers

andrew