[FREEZE] 11.0.3 NOW FROZEN

[Andrew Haley]

On 4/2/19 2:24 PM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> On 4/2/19 2:57 PM, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> A rule of user interface design is that actions should be easily
>> reversible:
> 

> Processes are in place to prevent avoidable mistakes [1]. *This* is
> the real problem in current process: it relies on people being
> always 100% aware, awake and following the fluid and
> frequently-changing rules, and we know that errare humanium est. We
> have to build processes with that thought in mind: the lightweight
> process of reversal minimizes the cost of error, while mechanical
> checks eliminate that cost to begin with.

Yes, exactly. But the "mechanical check" we're talking about, that of
restricting access, is not a check at all: all it does is restrict the
group of people who make the mistakes.

> The problem with reversals is that mistakes usually happen when we
> are in hurry, which is exactly the time when we don't want to make
> mistakes and waste time fixing them. The repository that is used to
> make a time-sensitive release is one of those things.

Exactly so.

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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