Living with your mistakes indefinitely?

Posted Jul 22, 2010 21:36 UTC (Thu) by leoc (guest, #39773)
Parent article: The ghost of sysfs past

How about a periodic (say once every 10 years) divorce from your mistakes? Maintaining backwards compatibility forever seems like a terrible waste of resources for an open source project.

Living with your mistakes indefinitely?

Posted Jul 22, 2010 21:50 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

That period would vary depending on the particular situation. Some will have to live with their mistakes forever. Some can cut it short and have a clean break in a few years.

Living with your mistakes indefinitely?

Posted Jul 23, 2010 10:55 UTC (Fri) by sorpigal (guest, #36106) [Link]

Every 7 years would be more traditional.