On Wednesday 19 March 2008 14:43, Vivian Meazza wrote: > Stefan Seifert > > > Sent: 19 March 2008 14:40 > > To: FlightGear developers discussions > > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] model-paging patch - testers > > wanted > > > > On Wednesday 19 March 2008 15:16:29 Vivian Meazza wrote: > > > I've been testing this patch for some while now. I would > > > strongly recommend anyone who uses multiplayer to use it. > > > There is > > > > no obvious > > > > > downside, but as Till said, there is more work to be done. > > > > It really > > > > > needs lots of people to give this a good testing, but right > > > > now it's > > > > > probably nearly good enough for inclusion in cvs. > > > > I vote for including it in CVS right away. This is exactly > > what CVS is for: > > synchronizing sources between developers and keeping a history > > of all changes. > > > > Pushing around patches manually is exactly what CVS is meant > > to replace. So > > why not just use it? > > > > Remember: release early, release often. > > I nearly said that - and chickened out at the last minute - yes - > I support this. > > V.
Heh - I really don't like that phrase. It may sound 'cool' but to me it's saying 'design by trial and error', which is an oxymoron:) I also think it does nothing to encourage quality and is likely to increase the number of bugs that will be encountered by people who are trying to use the s/w, or who are trying to develop for it. All in all, I regard it as a bit of a cop-out by developers who are too lazy to thoroughly think things through and, with regard to commercial s/w, a method of extorting money for faulty goods. It certainly doesn't encourage confidence that the s/w will work and as FG isn't just an academic exercise in s/w development - a lot of people and groups are using it for a very wide range of purposes - I can't agree that it's a good idea. Sure - new features and developments have to be beta-tested in a wider environment, and cvs is right for that, but not for alpha testing. Just a personal view:) LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
