These are the sort of changes that require full timers https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/213796fb4936dce1da2f0c097a054e1af5c25c2c …. Requires enough time that context switching hurts.
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Replying to @sgrif
Certainly never would have done that in nights and weekends. Even one day a week would have taken ages. Have to remember where I was each wk
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Replying to @sgrif
One of the biggest problem with Rails as a code base is that there are too many "band-aid" fixes, too few people thinking about big picture
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Replying to @sgrif
I’m far from an apologist, as you know, but that’s the nature of a codebase that’s being actively relied on in production by tons of people.
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Replying to @erniemiller
I think it's more of a symptom of not enough people being given time to work on it
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Replying to @sgrif
Well, it’s open source, so “given” is tricky to define.
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Replying to @erniemiller
Allowed time during their paid work hours is what I mean.
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Replying to @sgrif
Ah, yeah, I think that’s the case for most open source stuff. Outside of companies that have made OSS their business, not many get to do it.
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(e.g. instead of 1 day a week, some people may prefer 1 week a month)
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