On 12.11.2017 21:03, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 07:00:33PM +0100, Zolnai Tamás wrote: >> Independently from the actual question, which is still unanswered, > > If the question is "why do we have this status quo?" the answer is "because it > is result of some dozen discussions between developers (mostly on the ESC).". > ~Every argument has already been made and I assume most are also preserved for > eternity in the ESC minutes.
>> it's always a pleasure to see how "old" developers - living in a symbiosis >> with the code - are worrying about the status quo. > > If you assume the status quo to be my personal best preference, I can assure > you > that is not the case. If you would dig through the six years of debate on ESC, > you will even find that I was supporting tests to only be run on "make check" > (to be consistent with autotools). That was not going to be due to this thing > called "compromise". see also the most recent attempt to consolidate this: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/31075/ https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/31081/ sadly failed because the "make check" took measurably longer... -- DDJ: You've mentioned Edsger Dijkstra. What do you think of his work? DK: His great strength is that he is uncompromising. It would make him physically ill to think of programming in C++. _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice