vte [Was: How we make decisions...]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Havoc Pennington">

> Not to nitpick, but I think vte is a bad example. It has its issues but
> they are not as bad as the ones zvt had. (And it isn't even that slow
> anymore thanks to Soeren - though whether that patch made it to cvs I
> don't know ;-))
> 
> Yes, I know it's not actively maintained. But it's conceivably
> maintainable code-wise, and remember that zvt wasn't actively maintained
> either.

Every now and then, Miguel or Nat will talk about the fundamental issues
with its design, throw their hands up in the air, and wander back to Mono
land. This frustrates me mostly because I don't recall hearing their
rationale at the time. Anyway - Miguel, Nat... Can you write up some of the
details about this? (Not your blog entries about performance, the design
issues.)

- Jeff

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