Patch/Snippet Resolution (Re: Avatar etc...)

From: d. hall (dhall@OOI.NET)
Date: 09/02/98


>>>>>> thus on Tue, 1 Sep 1998 23:50:24 -0400, Thomas wrote:

> I'd hate to agree with you, but all these "patches and snippets" IMHO
> contribute to instability, and similarity.  If this is ones preference,
> fine, but personally I'll take stability and uniqueness over anything.

One of the interesting ideas of the Linux Kernel was a patch report tool,
it basically provides a uniform API to 'credit' patch people.

It would be interesting to implement something like this for Circle, so you
could tell which were stock and which weren't.  And credit done is credit
due.

d.


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