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Re: [Bug-gnupedia] GNUPedia - Nupedia: Different approaches


From: Mike Warren
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnupedia] GNUPedia - Nupedia: Different approaches
Date: 18 Jan 2001 13:44:10 -0700
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Jimmy Wales <address@hidden> writes:

> Keep in mind that even within the wide-open world of Linux
> development, even with what ESR calls "promiscuous" acceptance of
> patches, there is still a need for _running code_.  If you had no
> quality control at all, no Gnu software would even run.
> 
> With content texts, it is more difficult, since there is not such a
> simple test as "it runs" or "it doesn't run".

Of course, many GNU maintainers are more rigorous than this in their
acceptance of code; merely running isn't always a good enough
requirement.

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