[asterisk-dev] Optional api and weak symbol problem

[David Vossel]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Wilson" <twilson at digium.com>
> To: "Asterisk Developers Mailing List" <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 9:57:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-dev] Optional api and weak symbol problem
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yaroslav Panych" <panych.y at gmail.com>
> > To: "Asterisk Developers Mailing List"
> > <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 5:18:50 AM
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-dev] Optional api and weak symbol problem
> > No, it is childish to introduce trash into source code(trash - is
> > how
> > I named cygwin compatibility code) when it still buggy without it.
> 
> There is nothing childish about treating the community as adults
> capable of understanding the concept of "use unsupported code at your
> own risk." Having #ifdefs around Cygwin-specific code is unlikely to
> cause issues with other code. As tzafrir said, sometimes people
> contribute things and later have no time to maintain them.
> 
> Asterisk is a community project. Different members of the community
> need different things. We try to accomodate as many of those people as
> possible without harming the project. That means that there will
> sometimes be experimental unsupported features in the code. Those
> features will not be forced on people or enabled by default. Asterisk
> is very modular. We *can* tell you what is supported and what is not
> and let you make up your own mind about what to use. We do this
> because we default to assuming that our users are not childish.
> 
> Terry
> 

I'm kind of childish sometimes... This whole thing is probably all my fault.

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David Vossel
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