--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Steve Berczuk
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:38:27 -0500, Ron Jeffries
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Friday, December 31, 2004, at 1:34:12 PM, Jason Yip wrote:
> > > - When a build breaks, it's an opportunity for us to learn how to
> > > improve our build, tests, and deployment process.
> > 
> > Well, except that no one's there.
>  I'm not understanding this... 

Neither am I...  *Everyone* is there to witness the build failure.

> > > - "Live" builds that have occasional failures are preferred over
> > > "dead" builds that never break.
> > 
> > I don't understand this.
> 
> I think that Jason means that it's better to err on the side of change
> and risk an occasional (recoverable) error rather than have perfect
> builds with little change. ie, balancing stability of the codeline
> with the desired amount of change. This is something that I agree with
> ;)

Given that I pretty much lifted the idea from your book, I'd hope
you'd agree... :)





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