On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Jeremy
The LTS solution should work as long as all (or at least a big enough majority) agree that the benefits of a change are desirable, but disagree as to the cost of breaking change. It allows the "nice idea but don't keep breaking my code" people to co-exist with the "nice idea let's do it" people.
But as Henrik and Lennart have alluded to, what we have currently is friction between "half-baked idea, I'll fight against it" and "nice idea, this is the way to progress." LTS, seen in this light, is a discussion-postponing move. What's needed is a "let's agree to disagree and have a long, deep discussion to understand one another", not "let's agree to disagree. Here's software for you. And here's software for me. Bye-bye." -- Kim-Ee