Re:Rookies in the Bike Shed
by bradleyland on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @11:25AM
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This happens all the time, and I'd argue, is the source of what many consider bike shed issues, even when they're not.
An essential element of a bike shed disagreement is that the matter being discussed must be trivial. That is, the color of a bike shed doesn't matter. It has no impact on the utility of the bike shed. This is a function before form viewpoint.
Ah, but if real life were only so black & white.
In practice, triviality is a sliding scale. The presence of the offset is only trivial if you're not using it. So, to some people, it's a bike shed issue. To others, it's a matter of breaking lots of code. Clearly not a bike shed.
An essential element of a bike shed disagreement is that the matter being discussed must be trivial. That is, the color of a bike shed doesn't matter. It has no impact on the utility of the bike shed. This is a function before form viewpoint.
Ah, but if real life were only so black & white.
In practice, triviality is a sliding scale. The presence of the offset is only trivial if you're not using it. So, to some people, it's a bike shed issue. To others, it's a matter of breaking lots of code. Clearly not a bike shed.