| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: commit fests |
| Date: | 2010-01-24 00:48:55 |
| Message-ID: | 201001240048.o0O0mtK15496@momjian.us |
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Greg Smith wrote:
> So why not do that? Developing new features is fun and tends to attract
> sponsorship dollars. Testing a frozen release, finding bugs, and
> resolving them is boring, and no one sponsors it. Therefore, if you let
> both things go on at once, I guarantee you almost all of the community
> attention will be diverted toward new development during any period
> where both are happening at the same time. Give developers a choice
> between shiny and profitable vs. dull and unpaid, and they'll focus on
> the former every time. That means that there's no possible way you can
> keep new development open without hurting the dreary work around
> stabilizing the beta in the process. You have to put all the fun toys
> away in order to keep focus on the painful parts.
"put all the fun toys away in order to keep focus on the painful parts"
--- pure poetry.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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