On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Alfred Perlstein <bri...@mu.org> wrote:
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 3, 2015, at 9:32 AM, hiren panchasara <hi...@strugglingcoder.info> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/02/15 at 07:33P, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Actually I want to shame third party ports into adopting libxo (or at least 
>>> providing machine readable output).
>>>
>>> I know it's scary to try to lead the pack, after all we could be wrong, but 
>>> maybe it's time to try something new and see what happens.
>>>
>>> And no, your idea doesn't make sense it just will lead to those files bit 
>>> rotting.
>>>
>>> Bedsides that you don't even have a real spec other than "it should be done 
>>> differently".
>>>
>>> Again, show the code.
>>
>> Wow. He told you want he didn't like and he moved on. I hope/wish we as
>> a project can take criticism more positively than this.
>>
>> Answer to every criticism should not be "show me your code". We (should)
>> know better than that.
>
> Maybe I am too old school but the motd on freefall is still "now shut up and 
> code". I still believe that's right.
>
> We ALL need to know when to step back from an issue we really do not have the 
> bandwidth to constructively contribute to.
>
> This doesn't mean ideas or concerns aren't valid, but that unless you truly 
> have the bandwidth to contribute, taking a step back is a good idea.
>
> -Alfred.

You're both right.  Maybe we need a hackathon on this.  Is BSDCan too late?

- Justin
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