Re: [DotGNU]DotGNU-Libs Mailing List for Commits proposal

[Stephen Compall]

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On Sunday 30 March 2003 01:19 pm, minddog wrote:
> Following in pnet's footsteps we'd like a commits list for
> dotgnu-libs because it is growing rapidly with the addition of a few
> new namespaces being planned, ie: DotGNU.Collections , DotGNU.Rdf.
> Does anyone agree?

No, but not for the reason you'd think:

If we're to insist that the MS extensions are deprecated (as at least 
*I* do), then it won't do to have them more accessible than the 
(superior) replacements in dotgnu-libs.  This is why I wanted to make 
ECMA-only libs the default.  But Rhys had another suggestion last 
meeting:

[21:58] <S11001001> I just think it's a problem, that for example the
presence of MS collections discourages development of non-MS
collection alternatives
[21:59] <rhysw> I wasn't aware that it was discouraging development -
MS collections are pretty basic and stupid anyway
[21:59] <chillywilly> it promotes borg-like bahavior ;)
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[22:00] <rhysw> on the subject of non-MS libraries, perhaps we should
roll dotgnu-libs back into pnetlib - it might get more exposure that
way

So how about this?

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Stephen Compall - Also known as S11001001
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