From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from math.gatech.edu (euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by werple.net.au (8.7/8.7.1) with SMTP id IAA24447 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:30:17 +1100 (EST) Received: by math.gatech.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA14063; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 16:07:48 -0500 Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 19:15:21 -0200 Old-Return-Path: Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 19:15:21 -0200 From: Carlos Carvalho Message-Id: <199511212115.TAA07709@snfep1.if.usp.br> To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: where history expansion fits in In-Reply-To: <199511211833.NAA01980@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu> References: <199511211833.NAA01980@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu> Resent-Message-Id: <"p909o3.0.fR3.Z-Zim"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/629 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Richard Coleman (coleman@math.gatech.edu) wrote on 21 November 1995 13:33: >As I've said before, I'm very systematic about how I integrate >in changes. I've been able to improve or cleanup many of the >patches that other people have submitted. If I just `accepted' >other people changes without looking through them, we wouldn't >have made the progress that we've made. Take a look through the >code for 2.5.03 and compare it with beta12. Agreed fully! >I've worked hard to improve things and make zsh more than just a >`hackers shell' that is full of bugs and developed in a completely >unsystematic way. What the development of zsh needs is discipline, >not speed. Agreed fully! Maybe it's just a question of people knowing your schedule. With each test/release you could repost the schedule of (class of) problems you're tackling, like you did some time ago, with the explanation of why you passed from one class of problems to the other. This way people will see the position of subst.c, where the biggest part of Zoltan's changes are. On the other hand Zoltan did what seems a very good job and fixed many *longstanding* bugs. This means that his patches are something important, that deserve specific consideration. Maybe people feel that you don't consider them important enough to influence your schedule? I do understand what you mean by "do things serially and systematically", but it may not be so clear to others... Carlos