On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Laurent Bercot <ska-supervision_at_skarnet.org
> wrote:
> On 22/04/2015 02:58, Buck Evan wrote:
>
>> I brought up the bazaar because you criticized systemd as neglecting "The
>>
> bazaar approach that has made the free software ecosystem what it is
>> today;", which made me think s6 would embrace the bazaar in contrast.
>> http://skarnet.org/software/s6/systemd.html
>>
>
> Hm. I can see how it is misleading.
>
> I actually do not support bazaar as a *development model for a project*.
> I believe that quality software can only be written by keeping a tight grip
> on what goes in, with a clear vision about the scope and design of the
> project,
> and that can only be achieved with very small teams. Free software
> following
> the bazaar development model is notoriously bad at quality control.
>
> However, I also believe that a project scope should be limited, and I very
> much support the blossoming of as many small-scope projects as can be, and
> total freedom about the interfaces and communication points between all
> those
> projects. That is what I call the bazaar approach that has made the free
> software ecosystem what it is today: everybody can write software that
> interacts
> with other software on their machine, in the way they choose. I support
> bazaar
> as an *application creation model for an existing system*. To me, that is
> what
> free software is about.
>
> systemd, unsurprisingly, gets both levels wrong. It has a large developer
> base so no coherent vision and bad quality control, *and* it has an
> insanely
> large scope and tries to enforce the use of its own interfaces for new
> software development, essentially proprietarizing it.
Thanks you for your detailed explanation! It's not an opinion I've seen
articulated before.
Maybe it should go up on skarnet somewhere.
It sounds quite a bit like the Apple model.
While it's not the usual choice, I can't see that it's objectively wrong.
Cheers.
Received on Wed Apr 22 2015 - 05:26:02 UTC