Re: Finding an improved release process.
Cesar Martinez Izquierdo dijo [Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:25:49PM +0100]:
> Yes, we have more packages now, but we also have more developers to deal with
> them. And we always have a big pool of people that wish to become DD, so man
> power is not the problem, in my opinion.
Remember that more people is not always better. Take a look, for
example, at "The Mythical Man-Month" [1]. There is a main idea in the
book:
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
Coordination between a thousand people is _way_ more difficult than
coordination between a hundred.
> After Sarge is realeased, we really need to think in what are we doing wrong,
> and arrange a more effective way (after a serius analysis). We can't continue
> with the current trend, I think is not acceptable.
IMHO, we need to think and argue about it now - We wanted Sarge to be
out in less time than Woody since Woody was testing. We failed
miserably. This discussion should not only take place at the
end/beginning of a release cycle, but it should remain an ongoing
concern.
I have been quite disconnected from my mail for the last couple of
weeks... But I'd like some input on an idea I posted at the Wiki
[2].
Greetings,
[1] http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,,0201835959,00%2ben-USS_01DBC.html
[2] http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?PartialReleasesFullRelease
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