On 21.10.2010 22:33, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 October 2010 10:46:01 Volodya wrote:
>>> Because I know that this email will not have any effect probably I suggest
>>> we
>>> change our policy for releasing new versions (version as in 0.7.5, 0.8,
>>> etc.)
>>> to:
>>>
>>> ============================================
>>> 1. ALL issues with the given target version in the bugtracker must be
>>> resolved, closed or assigned a different target version. NO release with a
>>> single open issues in the roadmap page (= with the given target version).
>>> 2. NO release if there are any issues with block/crash severity and no
>>> target
>>> version. They must be assigned a target version first, which will cause
>>> rule 1
>>> to hit maybe.
>>> ============================================
>>
>> While i can sypathise with what you are saying, i'd like to point out that
>> this
>> is not the best policy, mainly because that would automatically collapse
>> freenet
>> into 2/2/0.5 rule. Look at the way more and more software is being developped
>> today in an agile world, what is stationary *is* the date, and it's the
>> features
>> that are changed.
>
> What's the 2/2/0.5 rule?
A software project costs twice the money allocated, takes the twice the amount
of time then planned to complete, and has 50% of the expected features.
It is a de facto rule on many large projects that are managed with traditional
methodologies.
- Volodya
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