Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 08:57:06PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >> * Christoph Hellwig: >> >> >> Greg Hudson contributes an interesting viewpoint: >> >> >> >> <http://web.mit.edu/ghudson/thoughts/bitkeeper.whynot> >> > >> > It's completely unfounded bullshit. Whether you prefer a pyramid >> > or lots of commiters style organization is pretty much a personal >> > or rather community organizational issue. Both have their up- >> > and downsides. >> >> Of course, but if I look at Linux release management (which is still >> somewhat problematic, as countless vendor-specific patches can attest) >> and cursory pre-integration peer review, I think he has a point. > > While I agree that Linus is a very bad release manager that doesn't have > anything to do with the developmen model.
And that makes Greg's article "completely unfounded bullshit"? Sounds like a foundation already: a bad release manager chose a pyramidal model. That's the beginnings of a good inductive argument. Then we add the other foundation he gives: here's a bunch of well-managed projects, which use a non-pyramidal scheme. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
