Re: long term goals of debian membership
>>"Glenn" == Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au> writes:
Glenn> Ideally how many debian developers should there be ?
Hard to say definitively.
Glenn> More people than packages
Which is not necesarily a good thing. Already we are at a
point where the sheer volume of packages are intimidating to
people. More packages means we need to invent a better means of
managing package management on all our target systems, better means
of solution discovery, and a means of distinguishing between the 900
packages that all play CD's.
Glenn> Will more workers result in a higher quality distribution ?
Glenn> Yes. (as long as they all follow policy)
Rubbish. Firstly, quality counts. Secondly, throwing more warm
bodies at a problem may make the solution unwieldy, take longer, and
result in a shoddier product.
I strongly advice you to read "The Mythical Man Month".
There is a cost associated with managing larger groups of
people, and co-ordinating them into an effective team. As the group
grows, more effort has to be expended in bureaucratic tasks.
manoj
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