Re:Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet?
by karmakaze on Friday December 24, 2021 @12:13PM
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The same argument could be made for any decision, hence the issue with the pattern.
Re:Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet?
by coldtea on Sunday December 26, 2021 @06:09AM
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Obviously the same argument could NOT be made for any decision.
Only for those decisions that have the qualities I mentioned on my argument (which are hardly all): "as good as any other" and "stops the bikeshedding".
So, it should be decisions on things which don't affect much (the code-name of the release doesn't change anything, especially since people refer to it by version number, e.g. 5.8), and also trivial things prone to bikeshedding (similarly - nothing productive could ever come from a discussion about the naming scheme for releases).
Re:Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet?
by karmakaze on Sunday December 26, 2021 @01:19PM
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Yes that's obvious, and I wasn't speaking to the pattern only being applied to bikeshedding cases but rather as a resolution mechanism in cases of uncertainty or disagreement in general. If it works to get things moving, what's to prevent it from being regularly used, especially if commonly used in other areas--could be a slippery slope if it's not already policy. It would be better not to have these concerns by not having one person's personal preferences dictate things that are small now, and leave room for doubt.
Why not? As good as any other inspiration (like the naming themes admins use for hostnames in their LANs), and one man deciding helps stop the bikeshedding.