On Fri, Apr 14, 2017, at 02:27, Matthew Brett wrote:

For what it's worth, I completely agree. I believe the counter-argument is here:

http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful

but the argument seems pretty weak to me, it's main strength being the use of the famous phrase 'considered harmful' [1]

It's funny how often we see the argument: "put power in the hands of the user/coder"; but the counter-argument of "do the right thing most of the time" is more compelling. This is also driving the discussion behind making the contribution process easier; having each contributor rebase and polish perfect patches is great in theory, but 98% of the time you just want things to work and be easy. Stéfan