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Re:Rust maintainer perfectionism, or, the tragedy of Alacrit... by bluesnowmonkey on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:36AM (#29351681)
> Must we merge everything, just so people feel empowered?

Sort of, yes. People develop confidence and expertise from repeated success at accomplishing things. Success creates confidence creates more success. You have to give people room to get that flywheel spinning for themselves.

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Re:Rust maintainer perfectionism, or, the tragedy of Alacrit... by indymike on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:02PM (#29351929)
> People develop confidence and expertise from repeated success at accomplishing things.

This works just as well, and has the benefit of not introducing bugs and security problems: "Thanks! I can merge this if you fix A and B."

BTW - much better to get the flywheel turning in the right direction early. It is very hard to turn a gyro once it starts spinning.

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Re:Rust maintainer perfectionism, or, the tragedy of Alacrit... by nixpulvis on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:36PM (#29352198)
I can tell you from recent experience, merging something only to have it reverted later is a net confidence loss.
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