[rfc] history of 'cherrypicking' term

[Wouter van Heyst]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 07:28:54PM +0300, Alexander Belchenko wrote:
> I'm not native english speaker so I try to understand why cherrypicking 
> named actually cherrypicking? What the history of this term? I'd like to 
> understand this word to make correct translation on russian language.

I'm not aware of how it came into use, but in my mind it is linked to
only picking the cherry of the cake, and not eating the rest of the
cake.

Wouter van Heyst