This guy was pretty trusted after a couple of years of working on the project so I think it’s a category error to say process improvements could have fixed it.

This guy was pretty trusted after a couple of years of working on the project so I think it’s a category error to say process improvements could have fixed it. The use of autoconf detritus was a canny move since I’d bet long odds that even if your process said three other people had to review every commit they would have skimmed right over that to the ”important” changes.