Re: RFC on MR 1368

[Kevin Barry]

On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 07:38, Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwenn@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I equally object to any contribution being merged "because the author
> knows what he's doing".
>
> I object to reviewers blocking contributions just because they have a
> strong opinion on how things should be done. In this case, Jonas has
> made 0 contributions to the MF code, so I don't think his concerns
> should be overriding.
>
> If Jonas feels really strongly about how the kerning should be
> handled, I invite him to teach himself the joys of Metafont and try
> his hand at a follow-up MR.
>

I agree with this. We should accept Werner's change.

And, more generally, I think we should err on the side of accepting
contributions.

Kevin