On Saturday 06 December 2008, Tom Horsley wrote: >> > "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. +10000 Tom, a bullseye -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Flee at once, all is discovered. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
