Bzr plugins *must* die!

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Robert Collins wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 10:21 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> 
> > So, here we have version problems with plugins making the otherwise
> > stable base tool un-reliable. Is it not an obvious solution to pull
> > many of the very stable plugin packages into the main bzr tree?
> 
> No :)

Ok, thats a pretty conclusive answer.

> This can happen between bzr and a plugin, but also between bzr and a
> core library. Its happened before and it will happen again in both
> cases. Making bzr more monolithic may reduce this a little, but it
> definitely won't remove it.

I use and rely on dozens of tools and applications every day. None
of these other tools break anywhere near as often as Bzr. Don't
you see that as a QA issue? If you do, then isn't it time to look
for a solution.

Erik
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