[Apache Avalon Wiki] Updated: AvalonStandards

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   Date: 2004-03-17T10:20:08
   Editor: AaronFarr <fa...@apache.org>
   Wiki: Apache Avalon Wiki
   Page: AvalonStandards
   URL: http://wiki.apache.org/avalon/AvalonStandards

   added leo's email response.  hammett has a good memory -farra

Change Log:

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   * Build consensus on a set of standards which will be held by all Avalon containers (ie- a TCK)
 This is not an attempt to build from scratch new standards.  It is an attempt to identify existing approaches and develop a responsible way to both support our existing users (via backwards compatibility or migration tools) and to offer a consistent platform for the future of Avalon.
 
+A reminder of how to approach this process: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=avalon-dev&m=105965430911547&w=2
+{{{
+This is a good goal - try things out in separate containers and then
+merge back the code into the core.
+
+The problem is that such merges often take on the form:
+
+   "This code works well in X. So we'll just put it in the core
+    as it is, and no changes are allowed."
+
+Instead of looking at the concepts of that code, and, allowing it to
+change, get merged into the core:
+
+   "These ideas works well in X, let's see if and when and in what form 
+    we can get them into the core."
+
+I think this was what caused the last eruption.
+
+If anything, this is what we need to work on. Learning not to lock
+ourselves into our own idea just because we like it the most.
+
+/LS
+}}}
+
 == Standardization Areas ==
 
 ''Niclas, you had a list at one point...''

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