On 9/21/06, Simon Stelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Huge amounts of time, effort and users. How much arch team time was
> spent fixing genkernel? How much time was spent fixing the OS X mess?
> How many users did we lose as a result of all the QA screwups?
Eh, I wanted answers, not more questions :P
> As much as I hate relying upon slashdot for anything reasonable at all,
> an awful lot of people in that thread were suggesting that more time be
> spent on QA and fixing existing bugs and much less on fancy new
> things...
These users are ignoring the fact that time is not the only and most
important factor. Motivation is far more important IMO, and it's pretty
hard to get the motivation together to test 60 packages instead of
tinkering around with a new idea. At least for me it often is.
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Simon Stelling
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Maybe a recruiting drive to help with the maintenance. A typical
business brings on new blood and assigns them just that role to free
up more senior developers for more complicated projects.
New developers should definitely meet a standard, but the possibility
of bringing developers with energy and potential to assist in
maintenance might be worth a consideration.
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