Rich Freeman wrote: > >> Jenkins, Buildbot and others are existing libre options in this > >> ecosystem, but aren't keeping pace with development. > > > > Politics that somehow matter usually require compromise. > > > > The (rhetorical) question is, what is most important? .. > The only choices we actually have in front of us are status quo, or > less-than-libre tools.
Right, that's where compromise starts. > The status quo is becoming painful enough that people are fairly > desperate to get away from it. Yeah, desperate for perceived progress possibly at the cost of possibly going against project politics. Liberty and security bla bla, it's all old news, and "people" will always do what they have always done. That's why I consider my question a rhetorical one. > The status quo isn't entirely libre either. Certainly true, but I don't think that's intentional, as with corporations. > If people want pure-FOSS tools, they need to make it happen. Selfless work lives on moral support among a few other things. //Peter
