-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 29, 2008, at 7:39 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Barry Warsaw wrote: >> Think of it this way: the alphas are for /us/ as much as for our >> users. > > In that vein, I think the monthly alphas may also help as a means > for setting personal deadlines for things we're working on. > "Implement for 2.6" is a bit of a wishy-washy deadline at some vague > point in the future - it doesn't provide much impetus to sit down > and spend an afternoon or evening getting it done. "Implement for > next 2.6 alpha, which will be cut in 3 weeks, 2 days and 16 hours" > is a real concrete target that can be aimed for (even if I'm the > only person that knows I'm aiming for it for a given bug fix or > feature). > > It should also motivate at least a monthly review of the buildbot > status, and is already motivating a push towards making the > buildbots a more reliable indicator of the health of the source tree. > > Sure, they may mostly be internal milestones (with third parties > waiting for a feature-complete alpha or the first beta), but I think > there is a decent chance the approach will turn out to be beneficial. That's my hope too! - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBR8gBKnEjvBPtnXfVAQK5egP+JgrZd68JtkyhLOGhcd0aBjhQEJM4e2FO HcRION8EeI4jhg5KQWOt/KmP6CBLblGq50RFI0afsLaJVapk4U6MFTB0LQus3LgX myd0zK5egu+sblFfKFfe5mMKn5T1Mx5HCLuOE4g3uwuFtdddsGMvYwCyqjm3smq1 T38bbujy234= =xSv1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
