Adrian Crum wrote: > As far as code quality is concerned, I don't believe it is fair to blame > poor quality on unnamed "inexperienced" programmers. The fault lies in > the design philosophy that has always been a part of this project: "Just > enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." I could go back and retrieve > emails where I argued for code that is well structured, but I was shot > down because "we don't want to make things too difficult for the > developers." Well structured, well designed code might steepen the > learning curve for some, but the payoff is a more reliable code base. > > If Hans wants to pack up his marbles and go home, then let him. The rest > of us will continue to participate on the community process. We don't > need to be "fixed." If Hans leaves, it's not because the community is > broken, it's because he isn't willing to cooperate.
Your email was great, except for these last 2 paragraphs. Too combative.
