Plan for tomorrows (20070517) FESCO meeting

[Peter Jones]

Christopher Blizzard wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 10:31 -0500, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
>> All we're really trying to do is make good packages. We've tried
>> really
>> hard to make guidelines that lead to good, clean,
>> maintainable-long-after-you-are-dead packages.
>>
> 
> I hear what you are saying and I understand.  What I'm saying is that
> there's a fine line between making good packages and going over the
> edge.  So in your example, documenting is good.  But if you end up with
> an exception process?  I think that probably crosses the line.  Dispute
> resolution, maybe.  But I just worry that we're going somewhere we don't
> want to be.  Not sure how to properly put this into words.

I'm totally in agreement that an exception process isn't somewhere we 
want to go.  Arbitration when there's a dispute causes less impedance to 
actually getting things done, while still achieving the same goals.

-- 
   Peter