On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 04:17:32AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 01:06:51PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > There's "I screwed up because I made a mistake", and there's "I screwed up > > because I don't actually know what I'm doing", but "I screwed up because I > > didn't care about doing a quality job" is on a whole other level. > > I have much sympathies for the two-dozen-odd MOTUs which are supposed to > maintain the 10000-odd packages in universe without much help in order > to make the whole distribution shine - we should cut them some slack, > IMHO. As Jonas said, the MOTUs did take the job on of their own volition. The issue comes back to the standard set of "knobs" you can fiddle with in software development: time, resources, scope, and quality. You can take longer, increase staffing, reduce scope, or reduce quality. With rigid 6 month release cycles, it's a bit hard to take longer, and it's tricky to increase staffing when you're all volunteers, but it's a pity that the MOTUs have decided to drop quality instead of scope. - Matt
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