On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Ximin Luo <infinity0 at gmx.com> wrote:
> > No it doesn't necessarily result in good project co-ordination, nor does > it > > necessarily result in bad project co-ordination. What it does result in > is > > more developers, which we clearly need. > > "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" > Nice quote, but you obviously haven't read the book it is taken from or you'd know that this adage is only true in some situations, none of which apply here. Further, who is to say that Freenet is "late"? We haven't even agreed on our next release date yet. You should read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks's_law#Exceptions_and_possible_solutions > You were the one that made the assertion that our desire to > > ensure that our releases receive publicity is the reason for this lack of > > perfection in other areas, and that is what I disagreed with. > > > > If you can provide evidence to support your claim that our desire that > > people actually learn about and use Freenet is hurting the project then > > please present it. > > Ignoring the dubious wording of your argument, Ignoring your irrelevant commentary on how I choose to phrase my sentences... > over-prioritising one area necessarily results in the neglect of another. > Not if the area we are prioritizing will increase the project's capacity to make progress in *all* areas, as is the case with our efforts to attract more developers. I didn't intend my argument to be an "accusation" so please don't treat it > like > one. It's just some advice, you can take it or leave it. At least it looks > like > you recognise that there *is* an issue, so I'll stop here. > I recognize that our development process is far from perfect, but I do not agree that we should reduce our efforts to attract new users or developers. > >> This is an oversimplified way of looking at things. More users means > more > >> support requests and more breakages and more attack attempts, and > generally > >> greater complexity. You need the infrastructure to deal with all of > this. > > > > So we should avoid users because they might find bugs or ask for help?! > > straw man. No, its the logical implication of your own argument. Ian. -- Ian Clarke CEO, SenseArray Email: ian at sensearray.com Ph: +1 512 422 3588 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20101022/e4884ba5/attachment.html>
