🚀 go-pugleaf

tgl+@cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane) writes:
: markd@werple.pub.uu.oz.au (Mark Delany) writes:
: > > Of course, the whole point of c.s.r is to post only software that meets a
: > > standard of quality defined by the reviewers.  ...
: >
: > ... keep c.s.r's
: > quality requirements as is. Nothing can help quality more than having
: > a premier review group that people aspire to post to.
: 
: Hmm.  Maybe *here* is the problem.  In order to function as intended,
: c.s.r needs to be perceived as a prestigious place to post.  Software
: authors need to be willing to go to some extra effort in order to have
: their stuff appear in c.s.r rather than c.s.m or c.s.u.

I think I'm about to blow my cover as a lazy bum.  :-)

I haven't seen anyone else mention the "extra effort" angle -- I will
probably never submit vile to c.s.r (and it may well be a poorer package
because of it) because of the extra effort involved.  I've made it as
portable as _I_ need, I've incorporated a _lot_ of bugs/fixes/suggestions
from users who picked it up from the initial posting in alt.sources and who
have ftp'ed it after my casual announcements, and I've done all this
_at_my_own_speed_, and at my own discretion.

Remember that many software authors have full-time jobs doing software
where the constraints on quality and deadlines etc.  are fairly stringent. 
Part of the fun of writing something and giving it away is that you don't
_have_ to follow all the rules -- only the ones _you_ think are good.  Of
course, if you break too many rules, no one uses your code.

Perhaps c.s.r has simply stepped over a line of diminishing returns wrt how
much effort people are willing to put in in order to please the network
masses.

paul fox, pgf@cayman.com

p.s. very casual announcement:  
	you can get it from ftp.cayman.com:/pub/vile/vile3.25shar.Z
:-)
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