From: Charles Duffy <cduffy@spamcop.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:30:29 GMT
Subject: Re: VCS comparison table
Message-ID: <453761D5.80306@spamcop.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0610191321090.14200@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> Shell scripts allow for a fragile system because they could include C code
>> snippets which they then compile and LD_PRELOAD.
>>     
>
> Well, I do not expect people to misbehave. You do not compile a nasty 
> C-program from a shell script _by mistake_.
>   

You also don't replace bzrlib functionality (in your terms, plumbing) in 
a plugin by mistake.

> I also expect people not to constantly miss my point.

I think your point is predicated on a misunderstanding of how plugins work.