From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id GAA08222; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 06:28:35 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA08328 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 06:28:34 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from outbound20-2.nyc.untd.com (vlan1-1.bigip2.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.160]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i3P4SWYM003762 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 06:28:33 +0200 Received: from outbound20-2.nyc.untd.com (smtp03.nyc.untd.com [10.140.24.123]) by smtpout04.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABAJYRVFAF42CNA for (sender ); Sat, 24 Apr 2004 21:28:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 22770 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2004 04:28:11 -0000 Received: from dsc07-sei-wa-207-220-168-4.rasserver.net (HELO vangogh) (207.220.168.4) by smtp03.nyc.untd.com with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 04:28:11 -0000 From: "Brandon J. Van Every" To: "caml" Subject: RE: [Caml-list] RE: Proposal: community standard library project Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 21:37:07 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <408AB0A9.9040904@socialtools.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal X-ContentStamp: 10:5:3207417737 X-MAIL-INFO: 214bcfe333cfe37e73e3bb77b7da37f7bbd3f7bbdf5fbb97ab1eae X-UNTD-OriginStamp: CI84cOLHFqh7Zd2QWkwvEFvwyO3T/pIsPQZphDk9MRgi5Ne56RFArYbr3DB86GCS X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.07; brandon:99 caml-list:01 brandon:99 bow:01 seattle:99 2004:99 kernel:01 united:97 maintainers:02 patches:02 wrote:03 library:03 certified:94 cheers:06 80%:93 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Benjamin Geer > Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > > I don't easily swallow "no duplicate functionality," > > however. Libraries > > have to prove their worth in the field somehow. > > I think the Linux kernel developers have a good way of > handling this: if > there are two competing libraries that do the same thing, > they both stay > outside the project, as patches, until there is a consensus > about which > is better; then the maintainers include one of the libraries in the > project, and the other one takes a bow and honourably leaves the > stage.[1] The maintainers' job is to ensure that this process is > neither too long nor too short. Sounds good to me. If only the United Nations worked with such punctuality and magnanimity, we might have more agreement about wars such as Iraq. Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA 20% of the world is real. 80% is gobbledygook we make up inside our own heads. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.643 / Virus Database: 411 - Release Date: 3/25/2004 ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners