pippin;494972 Wrote: > Yes. > > I originally answered a bit more verbose to your original question but > decided to edit back. > Just one thing: There are simple things you could start with (like > writing documentation on the status quo and implementing a change > scheme) but from what I read here I believe the team is frustrated, > too. > The problem is not the team, there are exceptionally good developers > there, but the way priorities have been set. > > > Doesn't make sense to do it before the touch release. But you have to > do it after that or this is in danger of falling apart, IMHO. > At least until now, 7.5 looks better than 7.4 but they have to take > care not to get into a mess again. > > Jive and all the logic around it (protocols et al) was pretty much > screwed up on the first implementation. This whole stack of protocols > is, what, 1 2 years old? In summer it looked like it carries along 30 > years of legacy. 7.4 was a first step to clean it up but if this isn't > done in a more ordered fashin, it's quickly going to fall apart again. > > And no, this is not going to take more resources. That's what everybody > tends to under-estimate (sounds like you don't, but want to mention it > anyway): SW development is 30% development and 70% testing, bug fixing > and maintenance. You always tend to try to speed up the development but > in the end this comes back on the other 70%. Better spend some time > upfront to cut back that big bag. > "Develop a little, release a little" works fine when you want to get > new stuff out and you need to experiment with featurs and functions. > If you have a product range with 6 devices, three servers, two > platforms, 3rd party development and an ever changing range of services > to support it's just not going to work, there is a point of complexity > where maintenance alone eats all resources you can ever get onto > something and if you want to live on through this there is no way but to > get it (complexity) down.
Can't add to, or subtract from, what you said. So I won't try. Best regards, --dsdreamer. -- dsdreamer ---------------------- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72512 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
