On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Malcolm Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't think that is the right policy. Everybody (including Malcolm) >> should validate. >> >> If you contribute code to the linux kernel, comprehensive testing of >> the code is a requirement, too. > > The analogy is flawed. It is like asking the developers of _gcc_ to > ensure that the Linux kernel still builds after every modification to > the gcc project code base. The projects are different, so the > suggested requirement would be an unreasonable burden.
I think an even better analogy is probably comparing it to developer of GCC changing the libc implementation of another compiler or vice versa. -- Johan _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users