On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Jose Alberto Fernandez wrote: > Costin, calm down. I am on your side. :-)
:-) It's just that I've heard the word 'veto' too much over the last few days... Since you mention this - I also have a problem with 'sides' :-) There are too many people with strong opinions here, and 'sides' are a dangerous concept. All I want is to have an end to the interminable discussions where we all repeat the same arguments - and a majority vote should be able to stop it ( at least for a while ). Costin > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jul > 2002, Jose Alberto Fernandez wrote: > > > > > Actually, there even was an implementation of this > > > declarators, which provided exactly this, but was > > > vetoed (I forget by whom). It worked quite well, > > we > > > can bring it back if people like. ;-) > > > > Make a formal proposal, put it to vote - and if it > > gets > > a majority of votes it can be implemented. The > > implementation > > can be vetoed, the proposal is a majority vote. > > > > We do have a majority of votes on top-level tasks > > and > > targetless tasks - but that doesn't mean <init> or > > any other proposal that gets majority can't be > > implemented > > and used. > > > > I'm -0 on <init> and I'll probably not vote against > > any other > > style. If 3 commiters want to use a certain style > > and that > > doesn't affect me - I see no reason to vote against. > > > > > > > Why is it so much more dificult to add: > > > <target name="main"> > > > </target> > > > > > > Adding those two lines around a target-less list > > of > > > actions does not seem too more dificult to me. > > > Is there some specific horrible escenario that you > > are > > > concern about? > > > > There is nothing wrong with doing that, and nothing > > stops > > you ( or anyone ) from doing exactly that. > > > > If you think that this should be the only solution - > > put > > this to a vote, get the majority to revert the vote > > on > > targetless - and we'll live with that. > > > > We can fight forever over taste and preferences over > > a > > style or another - and I think we should be as open > > as > > possible with other's preference. Even if something > > is turned down by majority, if enough commiters want > > something we should at least provide some hooks to > > allow them to do that outside of ant. > > > > > > Costin > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
