xc/programs considered harmful

[Keith Packard]

Around 13 o'clock on Dec 17, Alan Coopersmith wrote:

> I agree.   I could also agree to a plan which called for starting out
> by declaring no new programs be added to the tree, and those like the
> ones Daniel suggested are "frozen" or only changed by importing changes
> from the modular tree.

The problem is that we have limited developer resources to work on any 
software at all, and squandering people's time trying to maintain two 
parallel trees just doesn't seem viable to me.

I'm afraid we really must eventually "give up" on either the modular or 
monolithic tree and convince everyone to move to a single source pool 
permanently.

If we do agree that modular is the best 'eventual' structure for the tree, 
then we should start immediately and not wait for some better time.  There 
will never be a good time for this level of disruption in the system.

-keith


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