I very much agree. Having 50 people actively kept up to speed and working
towards same goal is a heck of a lot more effective than 5 core coders, and
45 out-of-the-loop testers. Reporting bugs that have been fixed, and
annoying the core coders. That usually leads to a cage match, where it is
settled between the coders/bug reporters. But I don't want to see it go
there ( MDK Smack Down 2000!!! )
Goodnight,
Riyad Kalla
Java Programmer
Game Enthusiast
-----Original Message-----
From: Hoyt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 10:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mandrake's Stability
> should look to another distribution. No one distribution can satisfy
> everyone -- it would be foolish for Mandrake to try. Thus, rather than
> do as you suggest and try to be more like other distributions with their
> slower, more conservative approach, I think Mandrake would be best served
> by keeping up their fast, aggressive release cycle. I've always felt it
> was the defining feature and real strength of this distribution.
I agree.
The method of bug tracking could stand improvement and better communication
could be had with the beta testers as to deadlines and the relative
importance of outstanding bugs. All without lengthening the development
cycle.
Hoyt
