Re: Release management - technical
On Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 01:38:21PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
[...]
> We should continue to have `long term goals', and I applaud people who
> work towards them, but we must be able to make a release even when
> they are not met. It is better to have a release now and goals later
> than no release now and goals later !
[...]
> I don't see how timely and good-quality releases work against our
> other goals, per se.
>
> What has been happening so far is that we've been saying `Ner! We
> _shan't_ have a timely release unless we meet these goals, so you
> _must_ go and work on the goals.' This has FAILED.
>
> In future, we should make releases _without regard to long term
> goals_. Since we have to be incrementally-upgradeable, long term
> goals can be achieved just as easily out of step with releases.
Totally agreed. The question is, what do we do now about hamm?
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