On 2010-10-22 11:53, Florian Klaempfl wrote:
Am 22.10.2010 10:31, schrieb Adem:
Let's suppose that we have agreed that it would be much more fun and
more useful to turn FPC itself into a kind of component/module which
itself is composed of components/modules so that people can use FPC as
an engine for their projects more directly, while other people tinker
and experiment with modules within the FPC.
Of course, if somebody pops up who we trust that he can handle this, his
patches will be integrated. Throwing half-baken patches into the bug
tracker, giving up at the first obstacle or reporting own trivial coding
mistakes as bugs surely doesn't increase the trust that somebody can
handle such a huge task.
I'd like to ask you, if I may, how you would go about it.
Suppose you're the one wanting to do that work.
First, how would you prove you're worthy of the task?
Second, could you really do it in small steps?
Third, how would you feel if the /masters/ kept referring to your
efforts as 'half-baked'?
Fourth, how would you react if your attempts are belittled on the
grounds of them not being comliant with coding style --of all things?
Fifth, how would you feel if you're considered to be a
wet-behind-the-ears noob?
Finally, how do you suggest an understanding conducive to co-operation
can be established.
The sad thing about all this is: if we integrate all patches without
quality controll, people will also cry about the decreasing quality of FPC.
Too True.
Quality control must, definitely, be applied before releasing the code
for production use.
But, "quality control of what?" is the more immediate question.
We need a roadmap (more like an arhitect's design/specification) so that
everyone has good enough an idea what is expected at what stage etc.
DoDi has written up some; other people and I have written some (consider
them wishlist, if you like).
I'd bet you already didn't have a more detailed plan in your head.
At this poit, let me quote Machiavelli (I think it was him): "A prince
isn't accountable for what he did; but for what he didn't".
If he is right --which, he often is-- the onus is on you :)
You need to make the plan against which quality control will be performed.
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Cheers,
Adem
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