On 10/1/07, Luis Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/30/07, Luke Melia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My question to the group is: should we upgrade to Rails 2.0 before the > > Tracks 1.5 release? > > > > I'm inclined to do so, as some of the features will clean up some portions > > of Tracks a bit. I also find Tracks to be a great vehicle to learn new > > version of Rails, because it leverages so many aspects of the framework. On > > the down side, we open ourselves to bugs, incompatible plugins and more > > outside-of-Tracks issues that we would need to investigate and help get > > fixed. > > My thinking on releases is very GTD-like: break it down into small, > manageable tasks, and get each of those done quickly, instead of > making the release bigger and less well-defined. You'll feel better > when you've gotten several small releases done, and it'll make the > overall work go by faster. As a bonus users will be happier ;) > > So, concretely, I'd recommend looking at whatever prevents a release > tomorrow, pulling together those loose ends, getting *something* out > (it has been what, at least a year?), and then porting to 2.0 and/or > whatever big feature comes next. You'll feel much more like something > has actually been accomplished, and it'll help you resist the urge to > spend the next year porting/polishing/refactoring/etc. > > Release early, release often- > Luis > > P.S. I didn't realize you were in NY, Luke; I owe you a beer sometime. > > Luis
I agree, there is a group of us that have not upgraded since the last release (18+ months ago). I think stabilizing that huge amount of work into a release prior to restructuring for Rails 2.0 would make a lot of since. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com _______________________________________________ Tracks-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss
