> > "Open-source code is generally great code, not requiring much support." > > > > What universe does Stuart Cohen live in? > > > So, what is your view? Generally crappy code in need of constant > support? Uh, oh. You didn't want to get me started on this... :-) Well, seeing as how in this new F10 release alone we have the DNS resolver library code broken for lots of people, the NetworkManager being used to replace network even though it screams "not ready for prime-time and not backward compatible" and GDM completely rewritten, leaving out vast chunks of functionality, I wouldn't exactly call it "not requiring much support". But my biggest issue with the open source model is the utter lack of any documentation for anything. And if, God Forbid, something should, over time, become well documented through mechanisms like google searches and wiki pages, and "dummies" books, that seems to be some kind of catalyst for the developers, triggering a frantic need to utterly rewrite something that was perfectly OK, just to make sure it retains its traditional level of obfuscation :-). Even worse, the lack of documentation forms a kind of positive feedback loop, increasing the feeling that things need to be rewritten, not because they really need it, but because it is easier to rewrite than to understand how to modify the existing code. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
