From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2011-01-21T01:14:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:34666] Re: [Ruby 1.8-Feature#4239] Let's begin a talk for "1.8.8" -- How's needed for surviving 1.8?

HI,

In message "Re: [ruby-core:34665] [Ruby 1.8-Feature#4239] Let's begin a talk for "1.8.8" -- How's needed for surviving 1.8?"
    on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:53:13 +0900, Zeno Davatz <redmine@ruby-lang.org> writes:

|I think the way Ruby decides to apply patches is - how can I say - based on the "style" of the Micro-Kernel. Ruby should try harder to apply the patches faster and improve itself on those patches. Sorry but here I come again with the style of Linus how he applys patches basically by trying not to break old stuff with new changes but still constantly merging new changes into the mainline.

I have no experience on Micro-Kernel development, so that I cannot say
anything on that.  But for me, your opinion - keeping and enhancing
consistency, and accepting more patches faster seem contradicting.
And as far as I hear from LKML subscribers, Linus breaks compatibility
often.  Others often try to stop him.

|This may be off-topic, please point me to the relevant topic if so:

Open new issue on the redmine.  In essence, it's the result of
accepting a patch in 1.9.2 to avoid a serious problem.

							matz.