Re: [xmonad] darcs patch: Add EventHook: a layout modifier to hand... (and 8 more)

droundy:

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:34:35AM -0700, Don Stewart wrote:

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Patches to the core are expected to reach a higher standard of assurance than patches to the contrib modules. This is to ensure we retain the stability for the core feature set.

I would hope people agree that this policy has helped contribute to robustness and reliability of the core system over several releases now.

That's a good policy, unfortunately inconsistently enforced, which is what causes the trouble. see e.g. a patch which apparently went into core without review

Thu Dec 27 00:03:56 PST 2007 Spencer Janssen * Broadcast button events to all layouts, fix for issue #111

which fixed no bugs (so far as anyone can tell) and introduced new bugs, but was never rolled back, because sjanssen felt that it was *morally* right, in spite of its causing regressions.

I'm more than happy to consider any patches that fix regressions, close bugs, or enable new features. Particularly if they come with risk/benefit summaries, tests, and are written to inspire confidence in the code. If David and/or Joachim would like to collaborate to come up with a solution that satisifies all parties to #111, I'm happy to look at it! -- Don