Re: [Exist-development] [Exist-commits] Context attributes....please vote!

[Adam R. <ad...@ex...>]

On 1 February 2010 19:34, Thomas White <tho...@gm...> wrote:
> I hope this will be taken in the best possible way.
>
> I could never understand  why a functionality that is used by some
> users could be proposed to be removed by other users either who don't use it
> or don't like it.
>
> If something have got a momentum it should stay. It is there, it does not
> require any additional resources and brings other routes to more solutions.

This is not how good software is built, but more importantly its not
how it is maintained. We have had plenty of contributions in the past,
some of excellent quality and some of not. But if we just allowed
anyone to add anything we would end up with a mess, everyone thinks
eXist should be something different, at present it is a lot of
different things to different people - but the core team tries not to
dilute the product too much. Maintainability is also a huge issue for
us. Basically we like features to be discussed by the core team.


> Richer functionalities allow more developers to find their own specific
> way in resolving their own specific problems.
> There could never be a single best way of dealing with any kind of problems.
>
> I strongly vote for 1).
>
> Kind regards,
> Thomas
>
> ------
>
> Thomas White
>
>
>>
>> Alternatives:
>>
>> 1) Leave it in and see if the world collapses
>> 2) Remove it completely
>> 3) Move it to it's own extension module.
>>
>> My vote is for option #3



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