On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker@inria.fr> wrote:
In general, the idea of "you have to ask and get the ok from the list for
every change" is dangerous... the Smalltalk people are *extremely* conservative. If you ask, the only answer will be "NO". Smalltalk is perfect. There is nothing to improve. And even the bad things: people use the for decades. If we want change, it will be hard...
Such a prejudiced mischaracterisation! Marcus, listen to yourself. Please, look into your heart and rethink this.
Yes, sorry... that was formulated far too strong... :-) But if I look back I sometimes think that it would have been better to try and fail than to get convinced in a Mailinglist discussion to not even start...
Yes, I'm sure many, if not all of us know what you mean. But there are naysayers in almost any community /and/ there is a time for caution in almost all software communities. I think Sean's request for careful discussion of UI changes late in the release cycle is sane. We can perhaps all try and be less defensive. But I hope we'll all continue having fun! -- best, Eliot