Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> writes: > On 3/3/16 12:23 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Reviewers: carl.d.sorensen_gmail.com, >> >>Message: >>On 2016/03/03 00:48:04, Carl wrote: >>> LGTM. >> >>> Thanks for dealing with this so quickly! >> >>> Carl >> >>Quickly? We went months without release because of C++ compiler >>problems related to this exact type match already once. And a number of >>patches. I don't want to restart this cycle of standard/compiler >>compliance hunting. >> >>This is not "dealing with this so quickly" rather than "throwing in the >>towel right away this time round". > > I've seen you work long enough to know how much it pains you to have > to do something expedient, rather than right.
It's not wrong, just boorish. But you don't carry a laser sword into mud wrestling. You don't take the chance of running against the standard committees. You grit your teeth and walk. > I appreciate your willingness to find an acceptable expedient > solution, even though it's not perfect. It's adequate. Adequate is good, very good, very excellent good; and yet it is not; it is but adequate. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
