Danny Angus wrote: > > > As I'm being quoted please read my comment at the bottom... > > On 1/2/07, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > > I see all of the work here, and Norman explained on Skype > what he and > > > Stefano are doing, but this is not the way that we > develop code. Please > > > correct me if I am wrong, but I do not see a single > message, much less a > > > discussion, of the ideas, plans, etc., for this code. > ... > > > On 28/10/2006 Danny said about the > "sandbox/mailet-refactorings" branch: > > ------ > > > Compromise my ass, this is my sandbox fork Muahahahh ! ;-) > > > What I mean is, this project doesn't have to achieve > consensus itself, > > > as long as it helps us to understand what the underlying > problems are > > > which have resulted in no agreement for such a long time. > > > After this fork is all done we won't have Mailet v3, > we'll have a plan > > > for Mailet v3, which might well include decisions which > still need to > > > be bottomed out. > > > > > > d. > > ------ > > I replied to him > > ----- > > > ++1 You know I'm a fan of "code based proposals". > > > I just put a "beware the DI fanatics" and a "beware the > JNDI haters" > > > signs near your sandbox :-P > > ----- > > > > I worked on that sandbox with that spirit. Work toward something > > concrete to propose. If you have "signs" to put near this > sandbox I will > > be really happy to read them. > > > > I preferred to avoid discussing the technical thing too > much on the list > > because I had no idea of what I would have done there. > > I believe that proposals thrashed out in the sandbox area are good, > and can go places where we wouldn't want James to go, they can ask > more questions than they answer. > > But... this project does still exist through the mailing lists, and > experiments in the sandbox don't really mean much unless they at least > start or end in discussions on the list. > > I'm 100% in favour of people demonstrating and experimenting in the > sandbox, but please remember that the purpose is to illustrate or > provoke discussions on the list. > > d.
Which the guys have done in an admirable way today, also taking Robert's idea onboard of using a prefix [handlerapi-experiment]. All great to see and much appreciated. Cheers -- Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]