Re: Rebooting exproc.org

Tom Hillman <tom@expertml.com> writes:
> Could someone explain the requirement to be immutable? What if someone spots an obscure problem with the code later on that needs fixing?

Mostly for the same reasons as Maven Central:

  https://central.sonatype.org/publish/requirements/immutability/

If the code is bundled up and shipped in different products, users should have confidence that it’s “the same”. And will always be “the same.”

> I wonder if a fixed test-suite (tests as specification) might be better?

The lack of test suites on EXProc.org is a glaring omission that I hope to fix. Hours in the day, man, hours in the day.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Norm Tovey-Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
https://norm.tovey-walsh.com/

> Everything is temporary.

Received on Monday, 5 January 2026 17:19:45 UTC