Re: The beastie boot menu.
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:24:40 +0100
Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote:
> At 12:26 AM -0800 2004-11-30, Chris Pressey wrote:
> > Highest performance? Most stable?
> > Easiest to use? Most featureful? Fewest bugs?
>
> Yes.
OK, then someone in charge should write that down, as part of the
official docs, assuming core agrees.
> > Most accessible?
>
> What do you mean "accessible"? And by whom? Do you mean
> handicapped-friendly? Do you mean moron-resistant?
>
> > Most
> > conformant
> > to standards?
>
> Which standards?
>
> > Plays nicest with other OSes?
>
> What do you mean by "nicest"? Which other OSes?
Maybe all, maybe none - the answers to those questions are all up to
TPTB to decide and make explicit.
> > Largest package system?
>
> That's a side-effect, not a direct goal.
It could quite easily be a goal if it's what the project leaders want.
> [...]
> I would think that the term "power" would be pretty obvious.
I would disagree; it's certainly open to far more interpretation than,
say, "fastest" would be. "Powerful" certainly doesn't mean "stable" or
"correct" in the dialect of English that I use - can I assume then that
these two goals would take a backseat to that of raw performance? (If
yes, write it down; if no, write _that_ down... all I'm saying is,
stating *some* philosophy will put the project in a better position than
just assuming it's obvious and hoping everyone else has made the same
assumptions that they have.)
> [...]
> I'm sorry, I just don't see the source of confusion. I don't
> see the floundering.
Do you follow cvs-src@?
-Chris
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