On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 8:58 AM Nicolas Mailhot via devel <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Le 2019-12-02 07:47, Igor Gnatenko a écrit : > > Hi Neal, > > > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 11:58 PM Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> I think we need to recognize that we've done some poor optimization > >> for the majority of packager workflows. Even if we consider modules, > >> the vast majority of components will never be modularized. Moreover, > >> we already know that the overwhelming majority of specs are managed > >> identically across branches. > > > > Yeah, indeed. I think this (optimization of packager workflows) was > > never an explicit goal of people working on Modularity. > > And for that reason alone, it should have been sent directly back to > the drawing board. It really depends on a goal. If the goal is to provide simple parallel availability, then there is nothing to complain about. Modularity simply has (had?) different goal. > Creating new tooling, without trying to optimize the workflow of the > intended users of the tooling, was always doomed to have no user > adoption community-side. As Neal mentioned, it was developed inside Red Hat for the Red Hat needs (and arguably Fedora needs too). > Making tooling for fairies, because you can redefine at will what the > fairies want, and no actual fairy will ever materialize to contradict > you, is easier design-side. But, it’s 100% a gamble that can (and most > often will) misfire. > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas Mailhot > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
