Re: INFO on add-ons

[David A. Cobb]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Footnotes: 
> [1]  Note also that Debian goes to extreme lengths to insure
> cooperation of packages it distributes among themselves, and where
> possible interoperation with other systems.
>  
Um, you aren't saying this is a bad thing, are you Stephen?
However a volunteer project likely can't take _extreme_ measures.  It 
requires to enlist the positive co-operation of the contributors.  And 
I'm well aware that some won't ever comply.  Even when the documentation 
is "gold-plated" I was involved once in a gov't acquisition where we 
were frankly told "our programmers would rather quit than write C-Specs 
(Detailed Program Design Docs)."  I was not in charge or I might have 
said that would be a benefit to the whole industry.

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David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
"By God's Grace I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner." -- The Way 
of a Pilgrim; R. M. French, tr.
Life is too short to tolerate crappy software.
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