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Re^4: When comment turns into disaster

by moritz (Cardinal)
on Jul 06, 2009 at 17:38 UTC ( [id://777612]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: When comment turns into disaster
in thread When comment turns into disaster

How do you protect perl from special interests without a pumpking?

The number of hackers who have direct commit access to the perl source code repository is fairly limited (and limited to trust-worthy people), so the chances of abuse are rather small. And don't forget that we use a version control system, which makes it rather easy for the next pumpking to revert any potential damage.

Also note that the stable 5.10.* branch still has a pumpking, so we're not entirely leader-less.

I can only hope P5P has enough oversight to bridge the immediate gap.

I'm sure they have. I mean the pumpking is not the only sensible core hacker ;-)

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Re^5: When comment turns into disaster
by JavaFan (Canon) on Jul 06, 2009 at 17:49 UTC
    Yeah, but the number of people that have both the knowledge, the time, the willingness and the stamina to be a pumpking is rather limited. I don't think I need more than one hand to count them.

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