Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion

David Masover
2006-07-27T01:19:19Z

Russell Cattelan wrote:

> Guess it's sort of like adopting a 8 year old child vs a new born, hard
> to tell what happened in first 8 years.

And, by that token, the newborn is sometimes preferable. It hasn't had
time to develop severe emotional problems, it's physically harmless, and
you get to help it form its ideas and beliefs.

On the other hand, the 8 year old is potty trained, you won't have to
change a single diaper, it's intelligent and makes you question things,
it understands what you want it to do...

So, it depends what kind of developer you are, what kind of gatekeeper,
and what kind of project it is. I still believe in releasing early and
often, but I can see many reasons not to. Some are financial -- Namesys
is trying to operate a business, so any features they open up too early
could be that much harder to sell as a commercial product. The
repacker, for instance.

I'm not arguing for closed source, I'm just saying that once you open,
there's no going back. Many times it's a good thing, but sometimes you
want to wait and see.